Essie Chambers Producer (Descendant)

Essie Chambers is a writer and producer based in Brooklyn. Most recently, she produced Descendant, the Sundance award-winning documentary directed by Margaret Brown, to be released by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground and Netflix in October 2022. Her work includes the acclaimed PBS documentary The New Public and Pull Out (Amazon Prime), both directed by Jyllian Gunther. Essie has also held senior creative executive positions at Viacom (Paramount Global), where she was responsible for award-winning content across platforms, including Whitney Dow and Marco Williams’ I Sit Where I Want: The Legacy of Brown V. Board. She has received writing fellowships from MacDowell, Vermont Studio Center, and Baldwin for the Arts, and has just finished her debut novel.