Kelechi Urama | Pitt '17 | Television Writer

Hi everyone, welcome to Pitt in Hollywood! My name is Ben Asciutto, I am a Film & Business student at the University of Pittsburgh. My guest today, for the fourth episode of this podcast series, is Pitt alumna Kelechi Urama, a graduate of Pitt’s Class of 2017. Kelechi is a story editor on the SYFY series Resident Alien. Kelechi was also a staff writer on Season Two of Run the World on Starz and optioned her original pilot I Need Black Friends to Andy Samberg’s Party Over Here and CBS Studios which focuses on a young Black woman in Pittsburgh who sets out to find Black friends. Kelechi is originally from Maryland and currently resides in Los Angeles. Please say hi to Kelechi!