Shelby Hadden: Documentary production success

Documentary production success is possible! Shelby Hadden is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producer, and TEDx speaker with eight years of experience creating compelling and impactful content for industry leaders such as Indeed, Apple, and TikTok. As a Senior Producer & Director at Blue Suitcase Productions, Shelby produced and directed over 370 corporate videos, podcasts, social media campaigns, branded documentaries, and more. Her role involved everything from brainstorming and collaborating with cross-functional teams and C-Suite executives to managing budgets up to $530K and leading teams of 30+ freelancers, artists, and agencies. Beyond her accomplishments in film production, Shelby’s a trailblazer in raising awareness for pelvic floor disorders — from publishing essays in BUST Magazine and Refinery29, to producing her award-winning short animated film, Tightly Wound. Shelby also delivered a TEDx talk titled “Why We All Lose When We Talk About Virginity” and organized TEDxKoenigLane in 2022, further highlighting her commitment to raising awareness on critical issues.

In episode 481 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Shelby decided on the University of Alabama, what is her favorite part about teaching documentary production classes to college students, what is her advice to future movie and television producers in college today, how her animated short on pelvic floor disorders called “Tightly Wound” changed her life, why a sex-positive culture/society is so important, what goes into a good TEDx talk, what fraternities and sororities should be focusing on in social media, and which shows she’s watching right now. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abEjaIGz1-w