She oversees creative development and production for a distinctive and
varied slate of scripted and non-fiction original programming for the
premium cable network, Showtime.
Ms. Igbokwe developed and
currently oversees creative affairs and production on a variety of
projects including Dexter, a one hour drama series about an affable
serial killer living in Miami starring Six Feet Under’s Michael C. Hall,
The Underground, a provocative half hour sketch comedy show executive
produced by and starring Damon Wayans, and Sexual Healing, a documentary
series from the award winning producers of Taxicab Confessions that
follows real life couples undergoi
Most
recently, Igbokwe also oversaw the development of several high profile
projects including Fat Actress starring Kirstie Alley, and the TV
adaptation of Barbershop starring Omar Gooding. She was also responsible
for the five season run of the hit Showtime series Soul Food, which
spent three seasons as Showtime’s highest rated series.
Other
series she has developed and/or supervised include the popular late
night reality show Family Business, the hip- hop docu drama Interscope
Presents The Next Episode and Linc’s, a 1998 comedy series created by
Tim Reid and starring Pam Grier.
Igbokwe has also overseen a
number of original movies for Showtime Networks, Inc. In 2003, she
developed and produced the highly rated Original movie Jasper, Texas,
starring Academy Award winners Jon Voight and Lou Gossett, Jr. Jasper
Texas was recently nominated for the Humanitas Prize. Additionally, she
served as the executive on a variety of non-fiction productions ranging
from the documentary specials 14 Up in America produced by Michael
Apted, Dark Roots: The Unauthorized Anna Nicole directed by Eyes of
Tammy Faye creators Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey.
Ms. Igbokwe
was featured as an executive on the rise in the Hollywood Reporter’s
Next Generation issue in 1999 and was named one of the Top 50 Show Biz
Players in Black Enterprise magazine in 2002. She is a graduate of Yale
University and Columbia Business School.
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