Sally Colon-Petree

Sally Colón-Petree is a native of Chicago, but relocated to Los Angeles in 1996 to pursue her career in the entertainment industry, after attending Oral Roberts University, where she studied Film & Television. In 1997 she got hired by MTV Networks to work as a contestant coordinator on the dating show hosted by Jenny McCarthy, "Single Out", where she worked for 2 years, before landing a role in the dark comedy "Eight Heads in A Duffel Bag", starring Joe Pesci & David Spade; followed by several guest starring roles on network television shows such as "Suddenly Susan", "Family Matters" and "The Young and The Restless", plus National commercials for "Radio Shack", "JcPenny" and "Honda", as well as landing a coveted spot on the cover of "Woman's World" magazine. In 2001, Sally signed a $1.3 million dollar record deal as part of a Latin girl group managed by Suzanne DePasse, a Motown executive responsible for discovering the Jackson 5. Later, Sally decided to focus on creating family friendly programs, and moved into producing and hosting TV. Her first endeavor was as producer and host of "Action House TV", an MTV style music video show, that led to Sally being recruited by Grace Hill Media, to be one of their media representatives, traveling across the country doing press junkets for major film studios, consequently expanding her interviewing to major movie stars such as Robert Duval, Jaime Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Cuba Gooding Jr, Beyonce Knowles, James Caan, Will Ferrell, etc... "Action House TV" quickly became the largest faith based music video show in the country, potentially viewed in more than 250 million homes each week, which led to Sally winning 2 Telly awards for her work as producer and host of the show. In 2003, Sally became one of the co-host on the magazine-style talk show, "Insight for Women, Family and Faith". Similar to ABC's "The View." The show focused on women's concerns, from a faith perspective. Working alongside Lakita Garth and Holly McClure, Colón was excited about the opportunity to add her perspective to these issues. Sally was also a frequent guest host on "The Harvest Show", based out of South Bend, IN. In 2004, Sally started a production company called Dream On Productions. Soon after, Sally created, produced and hosted a reality show called "Tour TV" which she shopped to several networks, and eventually sold 19 episodes to INSP (Inspirational Network). In 2008, Sally ventured back into the entertainment business as a morning show host on an internet radio station. Several months later, she got hired to run the artist management department at an LA based record label distributed by Universal Music Group. She managed several artists, overseeing key aspects of their careers. Sally worked with the publicity department at Rogers and Cowan to bring media awareness to the artists; booked the artists at local and national venues, paired the artists with corporate sponsors; established a social network marketing team that was responsible for building a fan base for the artists; placed songs on TV shows such as MTV's "The Hills" & "The City"; and worked with radio promoters to place songs in regular rotation on CHR, Triple A and Rock radio stations. In 2012, Sally ventured back to her first love of filmmaking, working for independent film companies like Pure Flix and White Door Media. Sally started as a production coordinator, then quickly moved up to production manager, and eventually becoming a unit production manager working side by side with producers. In 2014 after losing her mom, Sally decided it was time to hone in on her childhood dreams of directing feature films. She spent the next four years directing her first feature documentary, "Women Like Us", which was an official selection at the 2017 Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival and the 2018 Bentonville Film Festival. Featuring Catt Sadler of E! News, comedian/actress, Sherri Shepherd and music by Grammy nominated artist MOBY. Her 20 years of broad-based knowledge of the entertainment industry, acquired first as talent and subsequently as a television producer, radio host, talent manager, production manager and most recently as a director of feature films, affords Sally a comprehensive understanding of the complexity of achieving success in a hyper-competitive market. Sally currently resides in Valencia, California with her two daughters (Isabella 12 and StevieJane 11). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Sally Colon-Petree