Latavia Young

Everything Latavia creates is coated in sentimentality.

Latavia Young is a filmmaker and creative director whose upbringing predisposes her toward the exploration of family, culture and love at the intersection of race, poverty, immigration, and formative years. Her recent directed work includes The Burden of Context, a biographical short documentary revealing the living legacy of slavery, segregation, and gentrification in Miami and its influence on her family narrative, My Fierce Aunt Bianca, a short documentary centering the life and legacy of the trans-starlette featured on the cover of Blood Orange’s “Coastal Grooves” Album which premiered in 2023 at Inside Out Toronto and in 2024 was programmed into The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), the Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, and the MoMA, as well as the visual album for Lissett Denis’ debut extended playlist “Apartment 105”. Latavia recently creative directed the HAILES FIFA World Cup Fan Festival™ performance.

In 2026, Latavia will complete production “Peeling” a Miami-set 16mm narrative short produced by and starring Krys Marshall (“Paradise” Hulu, “For All Mankind” AppleTV+) and shot by acclaimed director of photography Diana Matos (“Miguel Wants to Fight”, “The Farewell”).

Latavia has been a part of the development and production of shows such as The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC), Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street (Netflix), Shadowland (Peacock), Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich (Netflix), A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO), Everyone Else Burns (Ch4, CW), My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (Netflix) and films including Cypher (Hulu), and Fire Island (Hulu). She has produced music videos for Summer Salt, Breakup Shoes, R&B artist Ayelle and podcasts for former President Bill Clinton, Amazon Studios, and AppleTV+. Latavia was a part of the producing team for Grace, a narrative short illuminating the intersection of girlhood, Blackness, and queerness in the 1950's U.S. South; which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

Extending her creative direction into the health, fashion, and digital space, Latavia consulted as the creative director of brand development for vintage curator Produce Section, creative produced the Fall and Winter 2024 Jenni Kayne campaigns, developed digital strategy for the Michael Ealy starring and Joshua Kissi directed film It Takes A Village, and partnered with U*P Media and LA County to produce a series of mental health focused mini-documentaries. Latavia creative directed the 2026 Reel Black Film Fest in partnership with Janelle Monáe’s nonprofit Fem The Future.

LATAVIA YOUNG | CURRICULUM VITAE

Filmmaker, Creative Director, Creative Producer, Creative Strategist

Locales: Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York City, Miami, London, Toronto, Mexico City

Contact: thelataviayoung@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE
YEYA LLC | Founder, Creative Director/Producer, Strategist (2015 – Present)

Write, direct, and produce narrative film, television, branded content, commercial campaigns, and photography and direct multi-platform brand architecture, campaigns, and visual strategy for global brands, independent media, and artists (2.5M+ impressions). Clients & Partners: FIFA, ARRI, Logitech, Ultimate Ears, Jenni Kayne, BruceGlen, LA County, Topicals, MoMA, 11:11 Media, Bumble, Youth to the People, Backstage, Andscape, Vine Street Brewing, Rare Beauty, Fem the Future

Kansas City PBS, 90.9 The Bridge, Flatland | Brand, Creative & Partnerships (2025 – 2026)

Led cross-platform brand evolution across 3 properties, driving a +1,200% increase in broadcast viewership and +240% in social engagement and creative directed the 2026 Reel Black Film Festival with Janelle Monáe’s Fem The Future, generating ~$80K in revenue and 200K+ engagements.

The Sidney Poitier New American Film School (Arizona State University) | Program Manager (2024 – 2025)

Cultivated industry partner pipelines and career readiness initiatives, securing 36 graduate placements across film, TV, and branded media.

Jax Media (an Imagine Entertainment subsidiary) | Junior Creative Executive (2022 – 2024)

Managed company-wide development and production slate for projects across HBO, Netflix, Hulu, CW, and Peacock.

RadicalMedia, The Joe Berlinger Film Group | Associate Producer (2021)

Managed end-to-end development and production logistics for premium investigative series across Peacock and Netflix (Shadowland, Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street, Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich).

Development & Production Coordinator | AT WILL MEDIA (2020 – 2021)
Development Intern | RadicalMedia, The Joe Berlinger Film Group (2020)
Script & General Production Intern | NBCUniversal (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) (2019 – 2020)

SELECTED FILM & TELEVISION
Peeling (Upcoming 2026) – Writer, Director, Producer

Shot on 16mm & Super 8 film | 2025 Black Genius Foundation Fellow

Maestro Mezcalero (2025) – Producer

Shot on 35mm film

Grace (2024) – Producer

Shot on 16mm film | 2024 Sundance Film Festival, BlackStar Film Festival, NewFest, Criterion Collection, Vimeo Staff Pick

It Takes A Village (2024) – Associate Producer (Digital & Distribution)

My Fierce Aunt Bianca (2023) – Co-Director, Producer, Editor

MoMA, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, MoCADA, Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, NY Latino Film Festival, BRIC Documentary Intensive

The Burden of Context (2023) – Director, Editor

BRIC Documentary Intensive

Nail Files Documentary (2022) – Producer

The (Dis)United States (2019) – Producer

2019 Oaxaca Film Festival

A Walk With Charles Burnett and Robert Townsend (Criterion Collection, 2017) – Production Assistant

SELECTED Development & Production Credits (Series & Features):

SELECTED MUSIC VIDEO & LIVE PERFORMANCE WORK
FIFA World Cup Fan Festival™ (HAILES) (2026) – Creative Director, Producer

An Intimate Spectacle (HAILES) (2026) – Creative Producer

Apartment 105 Visual Album & Release Activation (Lissett Denis) (2025) – Director, Creative Director, Producer

"Clover" – SummerSalt (Official Music Video, 2022) – Producer

"Fast Life" – Ayelle (Official Music Video, 2020) – Production Manager

"idk" – Breakup Shoes (Official Music Video, 2020) – Producer

"Playing With Fire" – Breakup Shoes (Official Video, 2019) – Producer

2019 Aesthetica Film Festival Selectee

SELECTED BRANDED & COMMERCIAL
Ultimate Ears x HAILES (2026) – Creative Director, Producer

I HATE MY EX (2026) – Creative Director, Producer

Tu Salud Mental es Tu Salud (LA County / U*P Media) (2025) – Creative Producer

Jenni Kayne (Fall/Winter Campaign) (2024) – Associate Creative Producer

SELECTED PODCAST & DIGITAL WORK
Joy Over with Bruce and Glen Proctor (2025) – Executive Producer

Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy (AppleTV+, 2022) – Production Coordinator

The Boys: The Official Podcast (Amazon Prime Video, 2022) – Production Coordinator

Why Am I Telling You This? With Bill Clinton (iHeartRadio, 2021) – Production Coordinator

For All Mankind: The Official Podcast (Apple TV+, 2021) – Production Coordinator

Sorry Charlie Miller (Audible, 2021) – Production Coordinator

EDUCATION
M.A. Arts Leadership & Cultural Management | Colorado State University

B.A. Film & Media (Directing) / Minor in Digital Culture & Social Media Analytics | Arizona State University

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