Shawnelle Gibbs (Long Bio)

Shawnelle Gibbs is a writer and producer from Oakland, California currently based in Los Angeles. Her credits span television, animation, film, and publishing. She’s produced on Emmy and Peabody Award

winning series for NBC Universal, and countless hours of programming for networks including ABC, Food Network and Discovery, Inc. 

As one half of the Gibbs Sisters writing team, she’s authored the YA comic book series Fashion Forward, The Invention of E.J. Whitaker, and the acclaimed graphic novel, Ghost Roast, published by HarperCollins in 2024. Shawnelle has served as Staff Writer for Warner Bros. Animation, and has also written for Dreamworks Animation, Mattel Studios, Cartoon Networks and Marvel Comics. She is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences,  Women in Animation and The Animation Guild.

 Her ultimate goal is to create and produce a legacy of television projects that reflect the magical realism of the African American experience.