Claire Donald
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She worked in advertising briefly, but she...
hated it so she took a big risk and she ends up moving to los angeles to attend the university of southern california and majored in screenwriting or studied in screenwriting she did grad school at usc she did grad school at usc a good program that's so hard to get into i know and while she's at usc she was hired to be an intern for deborah martin chase
And I was like, I know that name.
Yeah, wait, same?
So Tess, Deborah Martin Chase was the first black female producer to have a deal at any major studio, which is crazy because this is the 90s.
Oh my God, yeah.
She is also one of the first black filmmakers to produce a film that grossed over $100 million.
And do you know what that film was?
This is later on.
She will do this.
This is early 2000s though.
100 million.
The Princess Diaries.
Like a meeting emotional.
Wow.
So that's not all that Debra Martin Chase has produced.
Okay.
So we have The Princess Diaries.
She also did Cinderella with Whitney Houston and Brandy.
Don't even.