S5 Ep 5: Collaboration is the Art Form with Deonte’ Staats

DEONTE’ STAATS, a Philly native raised in Baltimore, pens gritty, secret laced, character-drivenone-hour TV dramasand satirical half-hour dramedies.Staats, who identifies as bisexual, is aproudBlerd(Black nerd) thatsprinkles his love for sci-fi andcomics into his storytelling. Heattended North Carolina A&T, an HBCU where he majored in Computer Science and minored inEnglish, while producing TV commercials and performing spoken word.Recently,Deonte Co-wrote the penultimate episode for Season 4ofShowtime’sThe CHI, where he assisted Lena Waithe & Justin Hillian (Seasons 3-4). Heis one of the head writers for new dramedy, (ÀLa Carte (AMC),streaming on ALLBLK inMay2022, writing three episodes. Staats’freelanceWriter’s Assistantwork includesAli Leroi’s feature film(The Obituary ofTunde Johnson (Hulu) andLee Daniels pilot(The Spook Who Sat By The Door (FX).Staats is Managed by Underground and his literary representation is with GERSH Social media:  Donte’ Staats on Instagram: @checkmystaats The Entourage Podcast Website: theentouragepodcast.com  The Entourage Podcast on Instagram: @theentouragepodcast The Entourage Podcast on Facebook: The Entourage Podcast Intro/Outro Music:  “Waiting IV” by Celeste Betton Link to album: http://bit.ly/celeste-betton-entourage Instagram: @celestebetton Facebook: Celeste Betton Credits:  Episode Host: Randy C. Bonds Executive Producers: Vannesia Darby, Randy C. Bonds, JAVI Production Assistant: Alexis Clark