Sola Fasehun
Sola first began working in the film industry in development with Academy Award-winning producer Michael Phillips (Taxi Driver, Close Encounters, The Sting) at Lighthouse Productions and soon after launched her own production company, Fasehun Films. For several years, Sola was a sales agent and distribution consultant at Submarine Entertainment/Deluxe (Winter’s Bone, Searching for Sugarman, Tangerine). Next, Sola worked at United Talent Agency (UTA) where she was on the Leadership Team and in charge of programming for UTA's Multi-Cultural EIG: UTA Unity, whereby she helped to launch UTA's first diversity initiative. Sola was an MP/TV Literary Agent at Buchwald Agency where she was also Inclusion Board Chair for the company's first diversity initiative.
Sola was a Producer at Jamie King's (Sin City, Black Summer) production company Hooligan Dreamers and a Diversity Consultant for Bondit/Screencraft's Film Fund Grant Program.
Currently, Sola is the founder of The Distribution Collective (TDC), which brings consulting to filmmakers and inclusion initiatives to organizations; in addition to entertainment management for industry professionals. Sola was one of the producers of Slayers starring Abigail Breslin, Malin Akerman, and Thomas Jane (Hulu); Loser Leaves Town (HBO); the Tribeca Film Festival awarding-winning film Leylak (Executive Produced by Colman Domingo), Fire Music (premiered at NYFF at Lincoln Center) and Heritage (Netflix). Recently, Sola was one of the producers on Paid in Full (Executive Produced by Idris Elba) and A Prophet (premiering at Venice Film Festival). Sola is the founder of the annual Diversity and Inclusion Film Festival (DIFF) at Lincoln Center. Forbes called DIFF: "A Visionary Festival".
Previously, Sola had spearheaded numerous fundraisers for various charities including Dress for Success, City Harvest, Harmony House, Covenant House, Annunciation House, and many more.
Sola has a BHA degree from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA degree from Columbia University.
