“Brandy Menefee
brings tremendous integrity to her work
and every word, every shot,
every score, every edit
is infused with a
deep commitment to
THE STORY”
-- Amy McKelvey
Marketing Executive
“Brandy’s ability to tell our complicated
and painful story…
has been nothing short of magical”
-- Scott & Julia Starkey
Founders, Aware Awake Alive
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Brandy Menefee
interviews people with lived experience and helps tell their personal stories of struggling / coping / healing for tv + film + digital media
specializes in
sensitive subject matter
ptsd
depression
anxiety
bipolar
ocd
mania
body image
eating disorders
self harm
suicide
panic attacks
healing
Brandy has interviewed young women across America about living with mental disorders,
military veterans about their most traumatic days in combat,
victims of kidnapping, sex trafficking and revenge porn,
couples grieving miscarriage & infant loss,
a community mourning the alcohol poisoning death of a teenager,
and she has sat in a remote African village with a Swahili translator to talk to strangers about struggle & suicide.
WAR
TRAUMA
ABDUCTION
REVENGE PORN
MENTAL ILLNESS
ALCOHOL POISONING
PREGNANCY + INFANT LOSS
MILITARY VETERANS
KIDNAPPING VICTIMS
RECOVERING ADDICTS
SEX TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS
GRIEVING STUDENTS + PARENTS
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
EVERYDAY PEOPLE WITH DISORDERS
"BRANDY'S ABILITY TO TELL OUR COMPLICATED & PAINFUL STORY
HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF MAGICAL"
- Scott & Julia Starkey / Aware Awake Alive
BRANDY INTERVIEWED HUMANS
AROUND THE WORLD ABOUT
THEIR MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES
FOR THE APPLE TV+ DOCUMENTARY
SELENA GOMEZ : MY MIND & ME
BRANDY CRAFTED 8-MINUTE BIOGRAPHIES
ON WOMEN ATHLETES OVERCOMING
CHALLENGES INCLUDING TRAUMA & DEPRESSION
FOR PLUTO TV'S 4-PART DOCU-SERIES
MY ROAD TO WOW
BRANDY IS PROUD TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE STORYTELLING OF PREGNANCY LOSS
AND CANCER TREATMENT IN SEASON 3 OF TLC'S
DOUBLING DOWN WITH THE DERRICOS
BRANDY CREATED + LAUNCHED HER FIRST INDEPENDENT MENTAL HEALTH STORYTELLING PROJECT TO SUPPORT ANYONE GRIEVING BABY LOSS
BRANDY INTERVIEWED WOMEN ACROSS AMERICA (AGES 20s - 30s) ABOUT LIVING WITH THEIR MENTAL DISORDERS FOR A DIGITAL SOCIAL IMPACT PROJECT.
ALL INTERVIEWS DONE REMOTELY WITH HER FAVORITE ZOOM BACKGROUND
BRANDY CREATED THE
START WITH A HEART CAMPAIGN
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP
IN SHOWING COMPASSION FOR A FRIEND
WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCING
MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES
BRANDY INTERVIEWED 65
U.S. MILITARY VETERANS
ABOUT THEIR MOST TRAUMATIC DAYS IN COMBAT & STRUGGLES WITH RE-ENTRY FOR NAT GEO'S DOCUMENTARY SERIES EYEWITNESS WAR
BRANDY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE INTERVIEWING & STORYTELLING OF PREGNANCY LOSS FOR A COUPLE FEATURED ON SEASON 2 OF BRAVO'S SUCCESSFUL DOCU SERIES NEWLYWEDS: THE FIRST YEAR
BRANDY INTERVIEWED A COMMUNITY GRIEVING THE ALCOHOL POISONING DEATH OF CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO FRESHMAN CARSON STARKEY
AND DIRECTED & EDITED HIS STORY
FOR AWARE AWAKE ALIVE.ORG
PARAMOUNT+
DISCOVERY +
APPLE TV +
NAT GEO
BRAVO
TLC
GO GO LUCKEY
KARGA 7 PICTURES
INTERSCOPE FILMS
AWARE AWAKE ALIVE
TRIAGE ENTERTAINMENT
ASYLUM ENTERTAINMENT
Bachelor of Science in
BROADCAST JOURNALISM
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EMERSON COLLEGE
Boston, MA
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA
M/BODY GLOBAL FAM
Brandy creates a warm, safe space and gently guides people to open up about their suffering and how they find comfort + care
SHE IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR TV, FILM + DIGITAL PROJECTS FOCUSED ON NORMALIZING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES THROUGH THE POWER OF PERSONAL STORIES
" My brain keeps going back to our conversation and how important it felt to me that you made such a comfortable space to allow me to open up. If anything, having that conversation with you helped uncover this whole domino effect of healing inside of me which was and continues to be wildly profound. Thanks for your empathy, professionalism and sensitivity. "
- Adriane / New Jersey
" We were so impressed with the way you were able to draw out personal information and feelings with such ease. We loved talking with you.
You have a very special talent and vocation that can be an important contribution to the mental health field. "
- Ann & Tim / California
" Our conversation has stuck with me and I will continue to become re-informed and passionate about mental health advocacy because of it.
You were to so amazingly comforting, reassuring and kind, and I couldn't be more grateful. "
- Eliana / New Jersey
" One of my most memorable moments in 2020 is sharing my story with you, which allowed me to self reflect and better understand my illness. It was my first time sharing... the severity of the suicide ideations with you. And as shocking as it is, it was really liberating to finally say it out loud to someone else (and not to a therapist.) "
- "Pam" / Arizona
" Thank you for today's call. It really brightened my spirits and brought some hope, for myself, in life, to what the future may and could hold. "
- Molly / Michigan
LET'S CONNECT
based in Los Angeles
available worldwide