Meet the Filmmakers

  • Riche Holmes Grant

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

    Riche Holmes Grant is an award-winning TV host, producer/director, writer, and multi-venture entrepreneur whose work spans film, television, digital, and print media. Whether in front of the camera or behind it, she brings stories to life with a distinctive blend of strategic insight and creative vision.

    A graduate of Columbia Law School and Brown University, including a year at the London School of Economics, Riche launched her career as an entrepreneur in the education and consumer product spaces before expanding into media.

    As co-founder and creative director of Good Word Media Group, Riche leads the company’s storytelling strategy and oversees the development of original narrative, documentary, and lifestyle content.

    She has produced live lifestyle segments, branded docu-series, digital-first campaigns, and print features for brands such as Martha Stewart, Better Homes & Gardens, Google, Williams Sonoma, and West Elm. She received a Telly Award for hosting Real Simple magazine’s Home Upgrade makeover series on PeopleTV.

    Riche is a licensed attorney in New York and Maryland and is a member of the Brown University President’s Advisory Council on Entrepreneurship. She also serves on the Executive Board of the Annapolis Film Festival. Riche splits her time between the Washington, DC area and Los Angeles, where she lives with her husband, daughter, and golden retriever.

    IG @allthingsriche

  • Evolyn Brooks

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

    Evolyn Brooks is an award-winning TV Showrunner, Executive Producer, Director, Experiential Events Producer, and Independent Filmmaker.

    She has produced, directed and created over 10,000 hours of successful television content in talk, unscripted, food and lifestyle, home design, variety, and hidden camera formats.

    Evolyn helped launch one-hour talk shows for Queen Latifah and Tyra Banks and has major market and syndicated production credits from OWN, Telepictures/Warner Brothers, King World, Lifetime, BRAVO, WE Network, MTV, FOX, BET, CBS, and NBC.

    She has produced experiential activations and virtual events worldwide for brands such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, west elm, beautycon, bumble bff, the BET Experience, and AFROPUNK.

    Evolyn has been nominated for an Emmy Award and is the recipient of an NAACP Image Award and two Namic Vision Awards. She is a member of the Producer’s Guild of America, NYWIFT and SAG-AFTRA.

    A versatile creator and storyteller with an MBA, Evolyn seamlessly blends her creative expertise with business acumen, strategy and data-driven results. She began her versatile career on-air in television news as a general assignment reporter/anchor and field director.

    IG @evolynbrooks