Charise Studesville is an award-winning writer and director via her production company, Lotus Girl Films. She began in the business as a weekly Chicago-LA commuter Hollywood intern, while working for Debra Martin Chase during production of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. Charise is the founder of Hollywood Chick Mafia, "a community of creative rebel chicks in Hollywood, supporting each others' badassery.” She has several current projects in film, television, and publishing in the works, including the first ever mixed-media memoir, a tale of a biracial girl’s coming of age amidst the circus of 1980s New York City zeitgeist, that includes 50+ original mixed-media art works. Charise was a 2022 WIF Multi-Hyphenate Mentee, under mentors Marta Cunningham and Alissa Bachner. With the 2022 release of Aged To Perfection, Charise became a USA Today Bestselling author, with a follow-up release, The Perks of Being A Hoodoo Rose, set for Winter 2023. She is currently in development on a rom-com with producer Gaylyn Fraiche, and is a featured artist in Kente Royal Gallery’s Black History Month 2023 art show in Harlem.


Charise M. Studesville