THE COMPANY
Built where business meets
the culture.
We don’t make content to fill a slate. We build entertainment people choose—and intellectual property with room to travel.
Founded by producer and entrepreneur Jeru Tillman, Southfield brings more than two decades of experience in Black comedy, television, live events and audience-building to every project.
Culture moves.
We move with it.
Southfield Village Entertainment develops, produces and grows culture-first entertainment across screens, stages and emerging platforms.
↓COMEDY • TELEVISION • LIVE • TALENT • VENTURES • COMEDY • TELEVISION • LIVE • TALENT • VENTURES •
PROJECTS
Completed work across live events, film, television and independent distribution.
2026 · BET Original Series
Comic View: Rooftop Series
Executive Producer
2025 · Live Comedy Festival
Hollywood Black Comedy Festival
Founder · Executive Producer
RYAN DAVISUNDERRATED2025 · Independent Comedy Special
Ryan Davis: Under-Rated
Executive Producer · 4.5M+ YouTube views
2016–17 · HBO Special + Series
All Def Comedy
Executive Producer
2016 · Fusion Television Special
The Smoked Out Roast of Snoop Dogg
Executive Producer
2011 · Live Cultural Event
Kobe Bryant: Grauman’s Chinese Theatre Handprint Ceremony
Executive Producer
ALSO INCLUDING
Teddy Ray & DoBoy: Blowin’ Up — Executive Producer / The Gospel Comedy All Stars — Executive Producer / Producer
TEAM
LOS ANGELESFOUNDER + EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Jeru
Tillman.
A producer, entertainment executive and entrepreneur working at the intersection of Black culture, comedy, live events and scalable media.
Across more than two decades, Jeru has built platforms for comedic talent, produced television and feature film, and created major cultural events. As VP of Content at All Def Media, he helped shape the company’s original programming and built its live division to more than $1 million in its first 18 months.
His producing credits include the feature comedy Back on the Strip, HBO’s All Def Comedy, The Smoked Out Roast of Snoop Dogg, Teddy Ray & DoBoy: Blowin’ Up and BET’s ComicView: Rooftop Series.
Earlier in his career, Jeru produced Kobe Bryant’s landmark Chinese Theatre handprint ceremony—the first for a professional athlete—and led programming for Inside Jokes at the TCL Chinese Theatre, presenting approximately 140 live comedy nights annually.
PRESS
Selected coverage of the work and the people behind it.
WHAT WE DO
One company.
More ways to win.
01
Development + Packaging
Original formats, talent attachments, budgets and buyer-ready creative.
02
Film + Television
Creative leadership from first idea through physical production and delivery.
03
Live Experiences
Comedy tours, festivals, cultural events and filmed spectacles.
04
Talent + Ventures
Audience strategy, brand extensions and businesses built to own the upside.
THE TRACK RECORD
140+LIVE NIGHTS PROGRAMMED ANNUALLY
$1MLIVE DIVISION BUILT IN 18 MONTHS
25+YEARS ACROSS CULTURE + ENTERTAINMENT
BET’S COMIC VIEW / HBO’S ALL DEF COMEDY / THE ROAST OF SNOOP DOGG / HOLLYWOOD BLACK COMEDY FESTIVAL / TCL CHINESE THEATRE