b. 1991
Born in Chicago. I am the product of Ghanaian + Southside roots.
Bridget Botchway B is a Ghanaian-American video producer and actor based in Los Angeles and Chicago. She has a combined 9 years production experience in the film and music industry across commercial, social, features, development and branded content. Bridget currently holds an MFA in Creative Production from Columbia College Chicago, was a 2020 Chicago Independent Producers Lab Fellow, a 2021 HEAR US film panelist for NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and a 2024 mentor for B.L.A.C emerging agency producers.
Her first feature, FIRSTNESS, directed by Brielle ‘Pavli’ Brilliant, was the winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Outfest LA, won Best Screenplay at Tacoma Film Fest in 2021 and was selected to screen at the MoMA in 2022. FIRSTNESS was distributed by Gravitas Ventures and can be streamed everywhere.
Her creative work in music has accumulated millions of views across major platforms and partners including Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pitchfork, HighSnobiety and more. She previously served as Director of Creative and Content at Def Jam, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, and now serves as an Executive Creative Producer at REVERY, a global creative storytelling studio based in LA and PDX.
Photo by Alexa Viscius, 2022