Sharlette Hambrick

Sharlette Hambrick is the Founder and CEO of Y-Tulip Productions, a full service production company. Presently, Hambrick is on the board of GreenLight Women and Thinking Huts. Hambrick recently served as an Independent Executive Director on the Golden Globes Board (HFPA). Hambrick facilitated production as the Executive Producer of the Middle East Channel coverage of the 2024 Golden Globes on CBS and The Emmy’s on Fox. She has in development a Drama Series and a Documentary.

Hambrick was a Producer the Lil Dicky “Earth” animated project , this project had hundreds of animators around the world and over 400 million views on YouTube . The proceeds went to the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. Hambrick also served as the Executive Producer of the television and digital entertainment show, Talking to Hollywood with Betty Zhou . Hambrick worked closely with international distribution and marketing departments of Paramount, Sony, Universal and Walt Disney Studios. TTHairs weekly on China’s CCTV6 during the movie promotion block, reaching 900 million homes. China’s video online platform iQiyi, also a distribution partner with TTH, garners over 13.2 million
views.

Hambrick joined Entertainment Tonight in 1989 as a Segment Producer, breaking major stories in news, fashion, music, digital media, pop culture and film. She was soon promoted to Senior Film Segment Producer, restructuring the show’s entire focus to elevate its coverage of the film industry. These changes included in-depth coverage of special effects, stunts, computer imagery, interactive behind the scenes coverage as well as identifying exceptional film talent. Her efforts led to another promotion to Senior Supervising Producer of ET, Hambrick was integral in the launch of the movie review show Hot Ticket with Leonard Maltin followed by the launch of The Insider. She was promoted, yet again, to Senior Producer of Entertainment Tonight and The Insider.Senior Producer, Hambrick oversaw all aspects of ET’s and The Insider’s coverage, remaining the liaison between studios, film sets, film production companies, and publicists.

While at ET’ and The Insider’ Hambrick guided theNews Department in securing breaking news stories, which increased the digital presence of both shows.

Hambrick supervised Academy and Golden Globe Awards coverage (2006-2014). The awards coverage included half hour and hour specials with over 100 production staff. Hambrick also produced banner coverage of such events as the Cannes, Toronto, Venice andSundance Film Festivals. She produced ET’s 2009 and 2012 Inauguration coverage as well as the 2012 Olympics. In 2013, Hambrick began securing millions of dollars in production based integrations. During her tenure,ET and The Insider remained the top rated news magazine shows in the world.