"As a storyteller and avid consumer of media, I created Sage Works Productions because entertainment should be fun, smart and complicated - like the world we live in - and we can share stories that inspire and transform." –STACEY ABRAMS"

ABOUT SAGE WORKS

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Founded by the best-selling author, entrepreneur, and political leader Stacey Abrams, Sage Works Productions is a Film, TV, and Documentary production company with the mission of telling inspirational, aspirational, entertaining, insightful stories that feature a world as varied and ambitious as the one we live in, and where we work to empower women and people of color in front and behind the camera.

Sage Works Productions produced the 2021 Academy Award shortlisted documentary "All In: The Fight for Democracy, (Amazon)" and co-produced with Selena Gomez the documentary Louder: The Soundtrack of Change (Max). The new podcast, Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams, is co-produced with Crooked Media.

OUR TEAM

Stacey Abrams | Founder & CEO

Stacey Abrams is a New York Times bestselling author, business owner and political leader whose innovative approach has continued to break barriers and support transformational progress. A prolific author, she has written award-winning political thrillers, children’s books, romantic suspense novels, and non-fiction books. She previously served as Minority Leader in the Georgia House of Representatives, and she was the first Black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party in United States history. Abrams has launched multiple nonprofit organizations devoted to democracy protection, voting rights, tackling policy issues and building a more equitable future. She is also a serial entrepreneur and business advisor. In 2020, Abrams founded Sage Works Productions, Inc., a media company dedicated to leveraging the power of storytelling to craft creative solutions and engage.

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Adriana Martínez Barrón | Head of TV & Film

Adriana Martínez Barrón is currently Head of TV and Film for Stacey Abrams’ Sage Works Productions. Previously she was Vice President of Drama Series Development at CBS Entertainment. Prior to that, she served as Vice President of Film at Eva Longoria’s UnbeliEVAble Entertainment where she Executive Produced the film “Let’s Get Merried” starring Mishel Prada, Xosha Roquemore and Tahj Mowry for ViacomCBS and VH1.

Before that, she was simultaneously Manager, Latin American Original Series and Manager, Latin America Content Acquisitions at Netflix where she oversaw a large slate of films and TV series in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Spain spanning over 25 titles launched to date, including “Madre Sólo Hay Dos”, “Luis Miguel: The Series”, “Nicky Jam: El Ganador”, and “Como Caído del Cielo”. Prior to joining Netflix, she worked as Creative Executive at Mexican Superstar Eugenio Derbez's production company 3Pas Studios where she oversaw the feature "Cómo es Él" for Pantelion and the first season of "LOL: Laugh Out Loud Mexico" for Amazon.

She was a CBS diversity writing program mentor and an LFI Inclusion Fellowship mentor, as well as an WIF Advanced Executive Fellow in 2023. She has been involved with organizations and initiatives such as TV Academy, HRTS, JHRTS, WIF, Colour Entertainment, LATB, Latinx List, LALIFF, NWFLA, Hola México, WOCUnite throughout the years, in her quest to advance other women, Latinx and people of color.

A graduate of the Peter Stark Producing Program MFA at USC, Martínez Barrón got her start in the U.S. as a Development Assistant for Sofia Vergara's Latin World Entertainment and was assistant to a Co-Producer for ABC's "Killer Women". She began her career in her native Monterrey, Mexico working her way up on set.