We’re passionate about stories that change and challenge the narrative.
It’s time to
Rebelle
We know media and entertainment can influence and change culture and the way people behave in and react to the world. We also know that expanding representation on screen also expands the audience—and the revenue.
Women are an economic force who need to be recognized. Half of the population and not a niche audience, we have been marginalized on screen and off for too long. We have been the sidekick instead of the lead, the assistant and not the boss. On screen, our lives revolve around the men, rather than have our own agency. And all women should be celebrated—single, married, mother, childless, gay, straight, old, young, CEO, stay-at-home mom, flawed… human.
We rebel against that. With a team of passionate women backing us (and a few likeminded men), we launched Rebelle in the fall of 2018 to move the needle and push the boundaries of how women and other marginalized voices are depicted on screen. We look for stories across the genre spectrum that allow you to think, feel, grow, learn, laugh and cry. Stories that stick with you and that might give you a new perspective. We’re filtering through a different lens and seeking out the stories that haven’t been told, the ones that show women in all of their multifaceted glory, the ones that entertain all audiences. These are the stories you fall for.
What We Do
With decades of experience on both the creative and business sides of film and television development and production, we find the stories and strategize the best way to get them made and seen and develop, produce, arrange financing and/ or sell. We make film, television, and theater, and are open to wherever the future of storytelling and technology takes us. We will reach a global audience wherever and however they prefer to consume their stories. In addition to the projects we produce, we believe in paying it forward and imparting expertise to others. In this capacity, we provide executive producing or consultancy services to help those who also have stories that align with the Rebelle mission with strategy, financing, and packaging support.
Meet Laura
Laura is the CEO and Founder of Rebelle Media. Laura has over twenty years of experience in film and television development, production, strategy, sales and financing. She produced Mr. Malcolm’s List for Bleecker Street Media and Universal Pictures and is an Executive Producer on Hulu’s hit television series Tell Me Lies. Previous credits include Producer on Sony Pictures’ Long Weekend, Executive Producer on An Acceptable Loss starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Tika Sumpter, Co-Executive Producer on All About Nina, written and directed by Eva Vives, and Little Woods, written and directed by Nia DaCosta.
Prior to launching Rebelle, as a film finance and sales agent at Creative Artists Agency, Laura packaged and sold films such as On the Basis of Sex, The Wife, Jackie, Dallas Buyers Club, The Imitation Game, Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Maggie’s Plan, Begin Again, Mud, Bachelorette, Sleeping with other People, and Still Alice, amongst many others. Her focus has always been on finding ways to push against the “no” and getting stories, across all genres, about women and other marginalized voices made and seen.
Prior to CAA, she consulted with financiers on slate and individual picture film financing and worked as a development and production executive at Twentieth Century Fox and Edward Saxon Productions on films ranging from Away We Go to What Happens in Vegas.
Laura has a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. She is a proud member of the Executive Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BAFTA, the Television Academy, and Producers United. She was named by Variety as one of Hollywood’s New Leaders and as a Woman of Impact. She mentors and volunteers for Sundance and Women in Film. Laura lives in NY and LA with her willful Yorkie, Gus.