Rideback Rise Sets Former Warner Bros Exec Diana Mogollón As CEO & Expands Fellowship Support For Year 2
deadline.comRideback Rise, the nonprofit POC content accelerator launched by then-producer Dan Lin, has set its first CEO. Diana Mogollón, the founder and former head of Warner Bros.’ Stage 13, takes over the Rise leadership from founding Executive Director Sabrina Pourmand.
Mogollón will lead the nonprofit in its support of POC writers and filmmakers who are financially and creatively supported as they seek to develop their own market-ready mainstream television and film projects.
Under Mogollón’s leadership, the upcoming 2024 and 2025 cohort of Rise fellows is being reconfigured and expanded from five to up to 15, who will each receive $40K stipends in addition to accessing development funds to secure IP, create visual materials and shoot proof-of-concepts.
The new configuration significantly increases the investment in Rise creators and replaces the prior configuration of five fellows and 10 Residents, who each received $50K and $10K, respectively.
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