Our Team
OUR TEAM
Meet the experts behind our films
Tyrone Dangerfield – Co-Founder/Managing Partner
A native of Oakland, California, Tyrone Dangerfield is a writer, producer and author who spent many years working as a ghost producer in the music industry while penning his first book, A Dangerfield Manifesto that documents his conflicting views of the law through his experiences with his Grandfather, a historic police figure and his Father, an addict who was murdered during a drug deal. After his book was published, Dangerfield shifted into film, appearing with Grey’s Anatomy’s Jesse Williams and Empire’s Malik Yoba in the film Question Bridge: Black Males, which is currently featured in the Smithsonian Museums National Museum of African American History and Culture. Sharing a mutual passion for creating and telling compelling narratives, Dangerfield partnered with his longtime friend, William Uschold to launch The Oakland Film Company which strives to create content that showcases the San Francisco Bay Area.
A native of Oakland, California, Tyrone Dangerfield is a writer, producer and author who spent many years working as a ghost producer in the music industry while penning his first book, A Dangerfield Manifesto that documents his conflicting views of the law through his experiences with his Grandfather, a historic police figure and his Father, an addict who was murdered during a drug deal. After his book was published, Dangerfield shifted into film, appearing with Grey’s Anatomy’s Jesse Williams and Empire’s Malik Yoba in the film Question Bridge: Black Males, which is currently featured in the Smithsonian Museums National Museum of African American History and Culture. Sharing a mutual passion for creating and telling compelling narratives, Dangerfield partnered with his longtime friend, William Uschold to launch The Oakland Film Company which strives to create content that showcases the San Francisco Bay Area.
Born on the island of Guam, William Uschold is a visionary screenwriter with a strong love of music that manifested into a career writing music video treatments and producing many recording artist in the San Francisco Bay Area working with talented local artist such as Andi Roxx, Johnny Fresh, Mistah Fab and Tab Danger. Uschold was inspired to do film as a needed platform to showcase stories about issues that plagued his community. After being galvanized by narratives of human trafficking, Uschold partnered with his longtime collaborator Tyrone Dangerfield launching The Oakland Film Company, a production company that focuses on the parables straight from the streets of Oakland.