Shani Moore '02
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Shani Moore ‘02
Tags: Enthusiast, Filmmaker, Writer
Me in 50 words or less: Hello! I'm a drama and dramedy screenwriter who loves to mine my emotional trauma for entertainment.
Pronouns: She/her
Department: African American Studies
Bio
Shani Am. Moore is a lawyer and a writer. A Creative, and a Suit. In 2009 she went blind in one eye; that was her welcome to multiple sclerosis. Her sight eventually came back, and with it a realization: Her disability from MS is one of her greatest strengths.
Also an asset? Her family roots. The daughter of a Jamaican immigrant, she grew up in a small home in the Bronx with nine other people.
In 2018, Shani became the first black female head executive in Dolby’s history. In 2020, she quit Dolby to be a full-time screenwriter… right before the pandemic. She still thinks the timing was perfect.
She’s been a model, college athlete, reporter, prosecutor, tech lawyer, TV exec, and a clerk to a federal appellate judge. Defended white collar criminals for a lot of money, and political asylum seekers for free. Led legal clinics in Africa, and marched with penguins in Antarctica.
Although she’s imperfect, she’s also the grateful recipient of four major Fellowships, with a combined value of over a quarter million dollars: The Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship; The International Radio & Television Society Fellowship; NBC’s TV Writers’ Program, and The Inevitable Foundation Accelerate Fellowship.
Shani weaves her life into everything she writes. Shares her personal tales in each story she tells.
I’d like to share my expertise with:
Alumni
Students
I would like to:
Speak on a panel