Shelby Petta

Independent Producer, YouPettaWork Productions
Formats Interested In
TV
Features
Shorts
Intellectual Property (IP) for Film/TV Development
Particularly Interested In

Features: Black Comedies, Comedies & Dramas with a Latina Lead, Bisexual/Lesbian Dramas, Comedies & Dramas with a Mature Female Lead, Female Driven Action, Fantasy, Romance, Period Romance, Period Franchises, Young Adult

TV: Female Driven Half-Hour Dramedies, Female Driven One-Hour Dramas, Family Dramadies, Latine Family Dramas, Latine Family Comedies, Bisexual/Lesbian Comedies, Young Adult

Ex: SEX & THE CITY, FLAMIN' HOT,

Women Writers
Writers of Color
LGBTQIA+ Writers
Writers Over 40
Writers Outside LA
Authors (Fiction)
Feature Genres
Drama
Comedy
RomCom
Sci-Fi
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Budget Range
All Budget Ranges
TV Formats
Half-Hour Pilots (single-cam)
One-Hour Pilots
Miniseries
TV Homes
Cable
Premium Cable
Streaming
TV Genres
Drama
RomCom
Sci-Fi
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Thriller
Sub-Genres
Animation (family-friendly)
Biopic
Book Adaptation
Buddy
Coming-of-Age
Episodic TV
Female-Driven
Futuristic
High-Concept
Historical
Holiday
Inspirational
Latinx
LGBTQIA+
Romance
Socially Relevant
Spanish-Language
Supernatural
True Story
Webseries
Workplace
Young Adult (YA)
Specifically Not Interested In

Really intense horror, campy horror, broad comedies.

More about Shelby Petta

Shelby is a Film & Television producer with an eclectic mix of entertainment and marketing experience. She was most recently the Development & Production coordinator at Julie Plec's production banner, My So-Called Company. There, she worked on titles such as WE WERE LIARS (Amazon/UTV), coming out in Summer 2025. She is producing the upcoming feature film by Cal J.T. Moreno, THE LAST TORTILLA. Before that, she worked at William Morris Endeavor in the Television Literature and Commercials & Endorsements department. Shelby left that role to assist Damien Chazelle on his most recent feature, BABYLON, for Paramount Pictures. She left her great, agricultural home state of Wisconsin for Los Angeles seven years ago, and fully identifies with her Midwestern and Sagittarius sun identity. She enjoys editorial makeup and kooky yoga instructors.

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