Sascha Brown Rice is an award-winning filmmaker, coach, teacher, and author of the best-selling book, The Story Cycle Method: A Practical Playbook for Writers and Dreamers. She works with both fiction and non-fiction writers.  

Her Emmy-nominated documentary California State of Mind and her feature rom-com Mango Kiss both won multiple honors, screened internationally, and were broadcast (on Netflix, public television, Logo, and more.) Sascha's film producing projects include the feature film Solace, the web series Black Kung Fu Chick, and the short film Basurero.

In her role as consulting producer for The Big Tell, Sascha has shepherded over 90 short docs into the world. As the Global Marketing Director for Eastman Kodak’s motion picture division, she launched innovative collaborations and increased community engagement. She serves as the Vice Chair on the Board of Advisors of the Pat Brown Institute, which is a non-partisan public policy Institute at Cal State LA.