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Debra Martin Chase
Who is Debra Martin Chase? If you don’t recognize her name, you might want to check out homegirl’s resume. She’s no joke. Martin Chase was the first African American woman to have a solo production deal with any major studios, Disney and ABC. She is actually a Harvard educated lawyer but hated every minute of practicing law. It wasn’t until she was working with Columbia pictures that she made the switch to producing. From there, she worked with Denzel’s production company Mundy Lane and Whitney Houston’s company, Brown House Productions. She started her own company in 2000 and was behind films like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (II), The Preacher’s Wife, Cinderella (the one with Brandy), The Princess Diaries and most recently Sparkle.
