Biography
As president of Treadwell Entertainment Group, Ms Treadwell develops and manages the careers of groundbreaking talent through the management arm of her company. Recognized for her work as a talent executive (who helped launch the careers of young stars on Disney), she travels both internationally and domestically speaking about careers in film and TV. She also develops and produces film, tv and theatrical projects for her clients through collaborations with leading directors and producers.
She produced and cast the world premiere of Les Wieder's Sojourner: The story of US abolitionist and early Women's Rights Advocate Sojourner Truth. It received 7 NAACP Theatre award nominations and won best ensemble. Ms Treadwell was nominated for best producer and music director. She also produced (along with actor / producer Douglas Sills) Oliver Goldstick's critically acclaimed musical, Dinah Was (starring Yvette Freeman of ER fame). She shared a nomination for both an Ovation Award and an NAACP Award for Best Musical. Dinah Was continued Off-Broadway to rave reviews.
She served as executive producer and casting director for "ELLE: A Modern Cinderella Tale" starring Sterling Knight (Disney's "So Random"), Kiely Williams (star of Cheetah Girls), Thomas Calabro (Melrose Place) and Ashlee Hewitt (Nashville Star).
As a consultant, she worked as casting liaison to director Andrew Davis on the Disney / Touchstone feature film The Guardian (starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher). She music supervised and co-executive produced (with Jay Landers and Darren Higman) the soundtrack album for Disney's original animated series Kim Possible. Treadwell was also included in VH1's documentary series Driven, acknowledged for her contribution in launching the career of 'NSYNC.
As an independent casting director, she cast The Scream Team (starring Kathy Najimy, Tommy Davidson, Kat Dennings and Eric Idle) as well as You Wish! (staring Spencer Breslin, Lalaine and Tim Reid) for Disney Channel.
During her tenure as an executive at Disney Channel, Ms Treadwell served as Vice President of Casting, Talent Development and Alternative Programming. She oversaw talent development, talent relations and casting as well as the development and production of music specials, reality series and documentaries.
Treadwell oversaw the casting of all original movies including the critically acclaimed film, Northern Lights (with Diane Keaton), the Emmy Award winning film The Color of Friendship (directed by Kevin Hooks) and was involved in the development on the first Cheetah Girls movie with producer Debra Martin Chase.
She also oversaw series casting for Lizzie McGuire, Even Stevens, The Famous Jett Jackson (through which she helped launch the careers of Shia LaBeouf, Hillary Duff and Lee Thompson Young) Mitchell Kriegman's Bear in the Big Blue House, Douglas Love's Out of The Box and Evolution's Bug Juice.
Also at Disney, she developed and was the creative executive in charge of production for the network's In Concert Series. She spearheaded 14 music specials for artists such as Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, LeAnn Rimes, Backstreet Boys, Aaron Carter and most notably 'NSYNC.
Ms Treadwell was recently invited to become an Arts Emissary for the US Embassies in Singapore, Malaysia and Jakarta along with her client Erinn Westbrook. Together with Ms Westbrook, she traveled to all three countries, August of 2014, to speak to students and diplomats about their experiences in the film and television industry.
She earned her degree in English Literature from Princeton University. She is an equestrian, a sprint triathlete and an avid tennis fan. She is developing two feature films and working on a book about her parents, George and Faye Treadwell, managers of The Drifters and trailblazers in the music business.
