Evette Vargas is an award-winning writer, director, producer, and entrepreneur of film, television and immersive media, featured in Forbes and named by the New York Times as an “Artist to Watch.” Evette is the Co-Founder of Indigo Reign Films, a media production company focused on telling multicultural genre stories with social impact. Evette wrote, directed, and produced her award-winning short, Confessions, winning the Audience Award in Cannes, which she is packaging for television. 

Evette sold her drama series, Muses, to TNT and developed series for MGM, eOne, Shout! Factory, among others. Recently, Evette served as the TV Development Executive at Hidden Empire Film Group, building out their television slate. Evette produced content for Amazon, MTV, Bravo, DirectTV, Vivendi; and interactive media for Fast And Furious, Lord Of The Rings trilogy, Madonna, Wu-Tang Clan, Activision, Electronic Arts, among others. Evette also executive produced, wrote and directed her digital series, Dark Prophet, starring Henry Rollins, which was in contention for two Emmys. Evette served as the showrunner and writer of the writer’s room for, WorldOne, a new AAA narrative video game and she’s currently writing/producing a European co-production feature film. Evette founded The Writers Room 5050 Foundation to mentor storytellers from underrepresented groups.

A proud member of the Writers Guild of America, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and Producers Guild of America, Evette was born in the Bronx and learned to tell stories at the dinner table with her family, where imagination ruled. Evette collects action figures, typewriters, and shoes; has past lives as a DJ, a fashion designer; and is a recovering New York City advertising Art Director. Evette earned her BFA in Film and Television from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and her MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA.