Est. 2016
YháWright
Productions
Quirky Stories For The Misfits
An independent production company built and run by writer-director-producer Yhá Mourhia Wright. Psychological thrillers, premium vertical drama, and stories about people up against the systems that shape their lives.
The Vanguard
Short film · Pre-production
The Reels
Directing and speaking.
Directing
Character-driven narrative work with a strong foundation in performance, drama, and actor-centered storytelling.
Watch on VimeoSpeaking
Panels, moderation, keynotes, workshops, and conversations for festivals, universities, studios, nonprofits, and creative communities.
Watch on VimeoI decided to make a film before I had the budget for it.Yhá Mourhia Wright on Don't Be Desperate
Blk Storytellers, with Kevin Marable
Engagements
What you can hire us for.
YháWright Productions works across film, education, live experiences, and community-centered storytelling. We partner with filmmakers, studios, universities, nonprofits, festivals, and organizations to build creative work that is thoughtful, audience-aware, and grounded in real production experience.
Directing
Character-driven narrative films, episodic work, branded storytelling, digital series, and proof-of-concept projects. YWP brings an actor-centered directing approach and access to trusted production relationships and vetted crews across the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and New York.
Workshops & Education
Custom workshops, filmmaker education, professional development, cohort-based learning, and facilitated creative training for universities, studios, festivals, nonprofits, and arts organizations. Topics can be tailored for emerging filmmakers, producers, storytellers, and creative teams.
Live Events & Experiences
Creative and production support for live and virtual events, livestreams, panels, screenings, summits, fireside chats, workshops, and community experiences. Past work includes SoulCanvas, the Love Thyself Summit, and Black TV & Film Collective's 12-hour Giving Tuesday livestream.
Producing
Creative producing for independent films, digital content, original programming, and mission-driven media. YWP supports projects through development, production planning, staffing, creative collaboration, production supervision, and delivery.
Social Impact & Community Engagement
Campaigns, community engagement, and program design that connect storytelling to mission. YWP develops creative experiences that support representation, media literacy, wellness, access, and meaningful conversation with the communities an organization wants to reach.
Speaking & Hosting
Keynotes, panels, moderation, festival hosting, live podcast conversations, university appearances, workplace programming, and workshops. Yhá Mourhia Wright has completed 50+ speaking engagements across film, education, media, and community spaces.
Podcast & Digital Content
Concept development, producing, hosting, filmed podcasts, interview formats, editorial video, and digital series. YWP's work includes Inside Out, The Producer's Blueprint, and original digital programming developed across independent and media-company platforms.
Program & Curriculum Design
Consulting for organizations building creative education, filmmaker development, mentorship, or community-based programming. YWP can help shape learning goals, session structure, facilitator strategy, participant experience, and program flow from concept through execution.
The Work
The slate.
Original productions include LoveMyRoomie, an episodic series that surpassed one million minutes streamed on Amazon Prime Video, and Don't Be Desperate, starring D. Woods, funded in part through crowdfunding and premiered on AspireTV in 2023.
The work also includes producing and executive producing projects developed outside the company. Across the slate, the focus stays on character-driven stories that challenge audiences to look more closely at themselves and the world around them.
The Vanguard
A psychological institutional thriller, built as both a proof-of-concept short and a premium vertical drama series.
SCRAPS
Sundance Episodic Lab semifinalist and MACRO Episodic Lab semifinalist.
It Stays Here
A dramatic short named a finalist for the TDE Short Film Fund.
Foul Play
A vertical series created and owned by JUCCEE Shorts.
LoveMyRoomie
Original episodic series, past one million minutes streamed on Amazon Prime Video.
Don't Be Desperate
Award-winning short starring D. Woods. Television premiere on AspireTV, 2023.
Missing Rhythms
Best Horror/Thriller, 2025 Micheaux Film Festival.
Beyond the Screen
Storytelling doesn't only happen on screen.
Podcast and digital work includes Inside Out Podcast, a filmed podcast exploring the personal realities behind creative careers, and The Producer's Blueprint Podcast, created to make independent producing more accessible to emerging storytellers. That work also includes the Plan Like a Pro Blueprint, a production-planning resource for creatives moving from an idea toward an actionable plan.
On the live side, YWP produced the virtual Love Thyself Summit with Rare Maven Media in 2021, collaborated with the Black TV & Film Collective on its 12-hour Giving Tuesday livestream in 2023, and co-founded SoulCanvas, a creative wellness initiative developed with AAMBC, Inc.
Who You're Hiring
Yhá Mourhia Wright
Director, producer, actor, educator, and creative leader. Her work spans original narrative projects, independent producing, filmmaker education, live programming, community engagement, and creative development. Across each space, the throughline is the same: character, collaboration, access, and stories with something at stake.
"I didn't want one person on my set to be unpaid. I made sure every single person got paid on my set."
- 2025Top 100 finalist, Tyler Perry Studios Dream Collective.
- 2025NAACP Image Award nomination for Chocolate with Sprinkles, on which she served as producer.
- 2024ABFF HBO Short Film Award winner, Chocolate with Sprinkles.
- OngoingProducing and programming with BraveMaker, filmmaker mentorship through Black Girls Film Camp, and teaching Black Theatre at Santa Clara University.
Why YháWright Productions
Representation isn't simply about who appears on screen.
It's about who gets to tell the story, who has the resources to make it, and whose perspective is treated as worthy of an audience. YháWright Productions exists to make work with a point of view, work that entertains, challenges, connects, and creates room for voices too often pushed to the margins.
- We tell stories
- We build community
- We create the space for both to be seen
Let's talk about your project
info@yhawrightproductions.comYháWright Productions, LLC · Bay Area · Los Angeles · New York