Shaquayla Mims

Shaquayla Mims is an American writer, producer, director, editor, and podcaster. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Mims is the owner, head writer and director of Gatebreaker Productions, and co-host of The Film Crew Podcast. In 2018, she wrote her first web series and studied the art of TV production, filming and video editing at Fairfax Public Access in Fairfax, Virginia. During that time, she partnered with a fellow University of Miami alum, and edited and produced her first short film, When It's Over. Since then, Mims has worked on a range of productions, from independent shorts to a Netflix feature film directed by Ron Howard. In March 2019, she partnered with six other creatives and co-founded Film Family Org, a non-profit organization for filmmakers of color to build a collaborative community beyond the screen.