Angelica Nwandu

Angelica Nwandu (born 1990) is the founder of The Shade Room, an Instagram-based media company focused on celebrity gossip; The site has since branched out into covering politics and focusing on black culture news. With over 15 million subscribers across all platforms The Shade Room has become a huge force in media, even breaking national stories before mainstream publications. Nwandu was dubbed "The Oprah of our generation" by Refinery 29 and a Celebrity Culture Savant by Complex. Time Magazine named TSR in the 30 most influential on the internet in 2016. The New York Times called The Shade Room "Instagram's TMZ."[1]

Education

Nwandu graduated from Loyola Marymount University.[2]

Career

The Shade Room

In 2016, Forbes named Nwandu to its 30 Under 30 list, saying she "revolutionized celebrity gossip" with the founding of The Shade Room.[3] Cosmopolitan reports that The Shade Room's followers across platforms now total more than eight million people.[4] TechCrunch named her to its list of "18 Female Founders Who Killed It in 2015"[5] and BuzzFeed says Nwandu is "figuring things out faster than everyone else."[6]

Film

Nwandu has also been a Sundance Fellow and Time Warner HBO Fellow 2014[7] selected for the January 2014 Screenwriters Lab.[8] The project, developed with co-writer Jordana Spiro, is called Night Comes On. It premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival where it won the NEXT Innovator award.[9] Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired the film for distribution, with a simultaneous theatrical and VOD release set for August 3, 2018.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Wortham, Jenna (April 14, 2015). "Instagram's TMZ". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Titus, Alex (February 3, 2016). "Step Into #TheShadeRoom With Angelica Nwandu". NBC News.
  3. ↑ Inverso, Emily. "Anjelica Nwandu, 25 - In Photos: 2016 30 Under 30: Media". Forbes.
  4. ↑ Wood Rudulph, Heather (June 20, 2016). "How I Started My Own Company Using My Instagram Account". Cosmopolitan.
  5. ↑ Loizos, Connie (December 22, 2015). "18 Female Founders Who Killed It In 2015". TechCrunch.
  6. ↑ Shafrir, Doree (December 21, 2015). "The Shade Room Is Coming For The Gossip Industry's Wig". BuzzFeed.
  7. ↑ D'Amour, Zon (May 5, 2016). "Who Is Angelica Nwandu?". Los Angeles Sentinel.
  8. ↑ Obenson, Tambay A. (December 19, 2013). "Angelica Nwandu's 'Night Comes On' + Ryan Koo's 'Manchild' Are Sundance 2014 Screenwriters Lab Picks". IndieWire.
  9. ↑ Erbland, Kate (2018-06-14). "'Night Comes On' Trailer: Jordana Spiro and Angelica Nwandu's Sundance Winner Announces Arrival of Big New Talents". IndieWire. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
  10. ↑ "The Shade Room Founder Angelica Nwandu Joins Hollywood Ranks With Powerful New Film 'Night Comes On'". Essence.com. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
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