Travon Free
Filmmaker and Co-Producer, 38 AT THE GARDEN
Session: Making 38 at the Garden: Disrupting Stereotypes about Asian Americans
Travon Free is a two-time Emmy winning and Peabody winning television writer, actor, and comedian from Compton, California.
Before co-producing 38 at the Garden, Free wrote and co-directed Two Distant Strangers, which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2021.
His other writing and producing credits include "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" (TBS), "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" (Comedy Central), "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" (Comedy Central), "Any Given Sunday With Bill Simmons" (HBO), Larry Wilmore’s White House Correspondent’s Dinner, "Hood Adjacent with James Davis" (Comedy Central), and many more.
His writing work can also be found all over the web as one of the most sought after young comedic voices on social, political, and pop-culture issues.