Diana Williams

Diana Williams is the CEO & Co-founder of Kinetic Energy Entertainment. She has a wide range
of experience in the entertainment industry, developing IP and producing creative content for
distribution across all media. Throughout her career she has been at the forefront of working
with emerging and established creators to ensure a diversity of voices and talent are included in
an ever-evolving industry.

Kinetic Energy Entertainment is a multi-platform venture studio specializing in building
businesses around the development, production and marketing of IP that is entertaining,
culturally impactful, and accessible across all media. Kinetic’s slate includes a TV series in
development at HBO set in the world of K-Pop, TV series adaptation of The Gatecrashers
comic, political sim videogame Political Arena, podcast series Founder Hustle inspired by
venture fund 1863 Ventures’ focus on entrepreneurs of color, Crimson an epic fantasy/thriller
take on Alice in Wonderland, YA sci-fi adventure Space Hoppers, recipe-memoir Adventures
in Starry Kitchen, creative studio and publisher Shifting Tides, and a documentary feature film
in post-production with Apple+. Kinetic is also an advisor to companies that are utilizing cutting-
edge technologies to innovate in traditional entertainment categories.

Prior to Kinetic, Diana was the Creative Development and Franchise Producer for Star Wars at
Lucasfilm, where she developed film and tv (including Star Wars Rebels, Rogue One), mobile
and console videogames (including 2015’s Battlefront), and publishing (Marvel’s Star Wars
comics and novel expansions). While at Lucasfilm she was on the founding team that launched
start-up ILMxLAB, an immersive entertainment and VR/AR/mixed reality lab, with projects
including Vader Immortal for Oculus/Meta, Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire for The Void, and
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Academy Award© winning VR experience Carne y Arena. Diana
has also worked with BET Networks as a production consultant on Let the Church Say Amen,
Gun Hill Road, and The Kenya Barris Project.

Diana produced the critically acclaimed feature film Our Song, which earned her a nomination
for an Independent Spirit Award in the Producer category. Other credits include documentaries
Room 237, the Emmy© award-winning Sylvia Drew Ivie, Student Academy Award©-nominated
Another First Step, Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible, Method to the Madness of
Jerry Lewis, and Dear Mom Love Cher.

Previously the Chair of the Peabody Interactive Board of Jurors for digital and immersive
storytelling for the Peabody Award, Diana is on the Strategic Planning Committee of The
National Academy of Sciences’ Science and Entertainment Exchange; the advisory committee
for the Royal Shakespeare Company/Digital development; the advisory board for UK-based
Future of Film; and on the boards of Diverso (a non-profit organization by students for students,
dedicated to empowering the under-represented storytellers of the next generation), The
Overlook Film Festival (genre festival), and The Immersive Experience Institute for interactive
and immersive events, theater, and creators. Diana began her career in production as an
Assistant Director and is a member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).