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Marlene Sharp is a creative and
business-savvy entertainment multi-hyphenate who originally hails from NewOrleans but is now a (San Fernando) Valley girl. Firmly ensconced in LA life,Marlene is top dawg at Pink Poodle Productions and emeritus Head of IP Strategy and Acquisitionsfor Rainshine Entertainment. Noteworthy clients and collaborators include Agency for CulturalAffairs, Government of Japan; WowMax Next; DumpsterDorks; Filmocracy; BoredPanda.com; WeFixYourScript.com; ToonBo; Society Theatricals; Euramco Pictures; WeirdAssComedy; and The Center for Learning Unlimited/Brainstorm Productions. Prior to Pink Poodle and Rainshine, Marlene served asDirector, Production at LEVEL-5 abby, home of YO-KAI WATCH and other Japanesehit video game-based franchises. Formerly, as Producer, TV Series, at Sega ofAmerica, Marlene worked on much more than Teen Choice Award-nominated CartoonNetwork series SONIC BOOM. For example, her extensive Hedgehog duties took herto the heights of the nerd-iverse as an official San Diego Comic-Con 2017panelist. She also contributed to the 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog feature film. Asa freelance journalist, Marlene concentrates on pop culture for noteworthy fandestinations, such as Global Toy News, GameDeveloper.com,DOGTV, ToonBarn.com, Geekified.net, Medium, and CultureSonar.com.As a short film auteur, she has snagged recognition at La
Femme Film Fest, Austin Comedy Film Festival, KIDS FIRST! Film Festival, CanineFilm Festival, and San Luis Obispo Film Festival. Marlene is the proud winnerof the 2019 LA Shorts International Film Fest Script Competition (an Oscar- andBAFTA-qualifying fest), at which her backdoor sitcom pilot received a stagedreading courtesy of The Groundlings. As a human being, basically, Marlene Sharploves all kinds of pups.For proof, please see her website www.pinkpoodleproductions.com.