Stephanie Allain

Stephanie Allain (born October 30, 1959) is an African American producer of independent movies in Hollywood, California. Stephanie Allain was born to Dr. Charles Allain, a biochemist, and Gwen Allain Miller, an educator. Although born in New Orleans, her family moved near Los Angeles, California in 1965. Allain attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, graduating with a B.A. in English and Creative Writing. She was married to Mitch Marcu... more

Stephanie Allain (born October 30, 1959) is an African American producer of independent movies in Hollywood, California. Stephanie Allain was born to Dr. Charles Allain, a biochemist, and Gwen Allain Miller, an educator. Although born in New Orleans, her family moved near Los Angeles, California in 1965. Allain attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, graduating with a B.A. in English and Creative Writing. She was married to Mitch Marcus from 1988 to 1999. She is currently married to Tony Award-nominated composer Stephen Bray, who is composer and lyricist of the Broadway version of the Alice Walker book The Color Purple. She has three children. She began her film career in 1985 at Creative Artists Agency, first as a script reader, then as a staff reader. As a story analyst, she worked for 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., and finally in 1989, at Columbia Pictures. There, Allain was one of twelve readers at the studio, and one of only two African American readers. She rose... less