Diane Houslin began her career in the late 1980’s as an NBC Page in New York City. Shortly thereafter, she became an intern for a local show on WNET, the PBS affiliate in New York. That show became the nationally syndicated, Emmy Award winning “Charlie Rose Show.” Diane worked her way up from intern to producer during her six-year stint with the program. Ms. Houslin was responsible for producing some of the highest rated shows at that time.

In 1995, Diane left PBS to join HBO as a Writer/Producer in the esteemed Creative Services department. While there, she produced interstitial programming and full length behind-the-scenes shows for the acclaimed HBO Original Pictures division, including; “Ms. Evers Boys” starring Laurence Fishburne, “The Dorothy Dandridge Story” starring Halle Berry, “Gia” starring Angelina Jolie, “Always Outnumbered”, written by Walter Mosley (Devil in a Blue Dress) and starring Laurence Fishburne and Don Cheadle…to name a few.

Ms. Houslin left HBO to join the dot.com craze at the beginning of the millennium. An avid “hoop-head” and music lover, she was lured to HoopsTV.com, a basketball and hip-hop driven website (powered by ESPN and And1.) While there, Diane produced a street basketball highlights video entitled “Ball Above All.” The video was #1 on Amazon.com for six consecutive weeks. It received rave reviews in Sports Illustrated (2/01) and reached the #2 spot on the Billboard sports and recreational video chart.

As did most sites, HoopsTV.com eventually folded and Diane decided to go it the independent route. That very year, Ms. Houslin produced the short film “Morning Breath”, which won a special jury prize at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, as well as, the coveted Gold Hugo Award at the Chicago Int’l Film Festival. Those honors qualified “Morning Breath” for an Academy Award in the short film category.

After a one-year stint in Los Angeles, the summer of 2003 brought Diane back to her beloved New York and the sports arena. She produced “The Block Party” for ESPN. The show was hosted by rapper/actor/poet Mos Def. In the fall of that same year, Ms. Houslin was a director on the third season of MTV’s hit reality show “Making the Band 2”, executive produced by Sean ‘Diddy” Combs.

Through her production company, The House, Inc., Diane created, produced and directed the original series for ESPN entitled “Cuttin’ Up!”. Hosted by famed music producer, Jermaine Dupri, the show is best described as a ‘Hip-Hop Politically Incorrect, set in a barbershop.’ Simultaneously, she also served as the Supervising Producer for the ESPN original series “The Hook Up.”

In the summer of 2005, for the third straight year, Ms. Houslin produced the ESPN Block Party line-up, including “It’s The Shoes” and “2 Live Stews” for the network, for two successful seasons. The House, Inc. also produced two original series’ for the new urban and lifestyle network, TV ONE entitled, “Sharptalk with Al Sharpton” and “Full Plate.”

In addition to her many television projects, Diane served as Executive Producer on the feature documentary “Through the Fire”, which chronicled one amazing year in the life of Brooklyn basketball phenom, Sebastian Telfair. The documentary was the first theatrical release for ESPN Original Entertainment and still airs on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Classic.

Currently, Ms. Houslin has partnered with renowned novelist, Mr. Walter Mosley, to adapt his work for film and television. 'She is the director/producer of the documentary feature “Lay it on the Line”, a comeback story of sprinter, Casey Combest. Diane was recently selected by the prestigious Sundance Institute as a 2008 Fellow in the inaugural class of their Creative Producing Initiative. She resides in her hometown of Brooklyn, NY.