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Shervonne Brown
(She/Her)
Independent FilmmakerShervonne Brown is a filmmaker, writer, and actor developing women-led science fiction, fantasy and action stories, including her original franchise, The Sureiya Hayes Universe.
Full Bio
Shervonne Brown is an American filmmaker, actress, and vocalist known for her work in high-concept sci-fi and tactical action. She is the creator, writer, director, and lead of Sureiya: The Eidolon Plane (2026), a character-driven sci-fi short film that introduces her original character Sureiya Hayes, the central protagonist in The Sureiya Hayes Universe: Legends of Emperion, an expanding speculative sci-fi franchise blending psychological drama, serialized mystery, tactical action, and mythic emotional stakes. Recognized for her signature vibrant red hair and a visual aesthetic influenced by anime and cinematic storytelling, Brown gravitates toward formidable protagonists navigating power, restraint, identity, intimacy, and moral consequence within expansive sci-fi and genre narratives.
Driven by a passion for emotionally charged prestige genre storytelling, Brown created The Sureiya Hayes Universe as a prestige live-action science fiction property centered on a female protagonist at the scale of cinematic fantasy and serialized genre storytelling. The universe explores emotional suppression, trauma, desire, political manipulation, and cosmic mythology through women whose emotional lives function as destabilizing forces capable of reshaping worlds.
In 2026, Brown won Best Actress at the WSO Theatre & Film Festival for her performance in Sureiya: The Eidolon Plane, which also received nominations for Best Director, Best Film, and Best Short Film. The project continued its festival run as an Official Selection of the New York Short Film Festival while serving as the proof-of-concept foundation for a larger interconnected universe spanning film, television, publishing, and future interactive media expansion.
A multilingual performer with working proficiency in Japanese and Korean, Brown’s background in action began with her original character project Zxamieya Warrior Princess, which she created, edited, and starred in. She has trained professionally in New York City and Maryland, specializing in on-camera performance and tactical combat choreography. Her work centers on physically grounded, emotionally complex female protagonists within contemporary genre cinema.
Before transitioning into narrative filmmaking, Brown built an international presence as a vocalist and producer. Her digital releases amassed hundreds of thousands of views and led to appearances on platforms including Mnet’s Hashtag My K-Pop. She was a member of the K-pop-inspired group Coco Avenue and later co-founded the duo Double The Fire. Brown earned the Grand Prize in the KCC K-Pop Video Contest for three consecutive years across multiple projects and represented the United States at the K-Pop World Festival in South Korea, where her performance aired internationally on KBS.
Her stage work includes performances at the Howard Theatre and appearances in major live events such as the Obama Inauguration Celebration and Christmas in Washington, where she shared the stage
Driven by a passion for emotionally charged prestige genre storytelling, Brown created The Sureiya Hayes Universe as a prestige live-action science fiction property centered on a female protagonist at the scale of cinematic fantasy and serialized genre storytelling. The universe explores emotional suppression, trauma, desire, political manipulation, and cosmic mythology through women whose emotional lives function as destabilizing forces capable of reshaping worlds.
In 2026, Brown won Best Actress at the WSO Theatre & Film Festival for her performance in Sureiya: The Eidolon Plane, which also received nominations for Best Director, Best Film, and Best Short Film. The project continued its festival run as an Official Selection of the New York Short Film Festival while serving as the proof-of-concept foundation for a larger interconnected universe spanning film, television, publishing, and future interactive media expansion.
A multilingual performer with working proficiency in Japanese and Korean, Brown’s background in action began with her original character project Zxamieya Warrior Princess, which she created, edited, and starred in. She has trained professionally in New York City and Maryland, specializing in on-camera performance and tactical combat choreography. Her work centers on physically grounded, emotionally complex female protagonists within contemporary genre cinema.
Before transitioning into narrative filmmaking, Brown built an international presence as a vocalist and producer. Her digital releases amassed hundreds of thousands of views and led to appearances on platforms including Mnet’s Hashtag My K-Pop. She was a member of the K-pop-inspired group Coco Avenue and later co-founded the duo Double The Fire. Brown earned the Grand Prize in the KCC K-Pop Video Contest for three consecutive years across multiple projects and represented the United States at the K-Pop World Festival in South Korea, where her performance aired internationally on KBS.
Her stage work includes performances at the Howard Theatre and appearances in major live events such as the Obama Inauguration Celebration and Christmas in Washington, where she shared the stage
