In this episode Markivus Nious interviews Executive producer, director, creator, and writer Andre Barnwell.About Andre Barwell:A longtime resident of Altadena, CA, and a business graduate of Howard University,Andre’ has made his mark in the television world as a producer, director, and productionexecutive. Having spent 12 years at Black Entertainment Television where he heldseveral executive positions including Budget Director, VP of Network Operations WestCoast, VP of Development and VP of Comedy. In addition, Andre’ was executiveproducer on several shows Comic View with DL Hughley & Cedric the Entertainer, BETLive with John Salley, creator, executive producer, and director of his sketch comedyshow The Way We Do It before going independent. Andre’ landed at the WB assupervising producer of Steve Harvey’s Big Time and then to a syndicated dance showfor Paramount called Dance 360 starring Kel Mitchell and Fredro Star.Andre’s independent projects include writing and directing a sitcom pilot called Jocks 2for former NFL player Nate Jones, executive producing reality show pilot for actressMischa Barton as well as directing the first episode of Stars on Stars with StephonMarbury and guest Kobe Bryant which aired on Fox Sports Net. Further, Andre’continues doing freelance jobs like finance producing for Byron Allen’s HBCUGOnetwork showcasing Black College Football for their first season.Andre’ has decided to pursue film as a writer/director solidifying two of his passions:comedy and horror. He is working on bringing back his sketch comedy show currentepisodes can be seen on his YouTube channel The Way We Do It and would love tocollaborate in some way with Pasadena’s iconic Ice House which has a long tradition ofsupporting standup comedians. Andre’ is currently shopping for his original horror scriptCRAWGAROU.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/deeper-than-music-with-markivus--2705530/support.