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Ileanna Sawyer
Senior Writer/Producer
FX Networks

LOS ANGELES, USA // Ileanna Sawyer is an award-winning creative marketer with over a decade of experience. She has played a crucial role in the launch of films like Silence, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Upside, and The Foreigner. Currently a member of the Content & Editorial team at FX Networks for the past 4 years, her work spans multiple seasons of Mayans, What We Do in the Shadows, The Old Man, Snowfall, The Patient, and Shogun. A storyteller at heart, she holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in poetry from Pacific University.

As a proud Mexican American who had no prior connections to the industry, the honor is now hers to open doors for those who've been left knocking. She mentors local high school students through Good City Mentors and enjoys speaking to kids on Career Day about how they can have a creative marketing career.

In addition to making an impact through her creative work, she empowers women in the industry through her role as former Co-President and current Advisor of the Soapbox Women organization. Within this collective and seeking to connect moms in the industry with each other for support she founded the community Soapbox Moms.

She raises two fearless daughters alongside her husband and likes to carve out time to be in nature, meditate, and slow down to savor a delicious meal with friends.