Zadi Diaz

Zadi Diaz

Zadi Diaz (left) with Chuck D of Public Enemy
Born Zadi Diaz
New York City
Nationality American
Occupation video director, producer, podcaster
Notable work Epic Fu, New Mediacracy, Swampy's Underground Adventures, Talking Friends, Explored, Power Up, Blank: A Vinylmation Love Story
Website zadi.tv

Zadi Diaz is the Executive Producer of YouTube Nation. She is a producer and director, known for founding the web series Epic Fu and co-hosting the podcast New Mediacracy. She has won a number of Webby and Streamy Awards.

Early life

Zadi Diaz was born in Harlem, then grew up in the Washington Heights section of New York City, as well as the South Bronx. She is of Dominican descent.[1]

Career

Zadi behind the scenes in 2007 on EPIC FU

New Mediacracy

Zadi Diaz co-founded the podcast New Mediacracy in 2006.[2] Created with Steve Woolf and video blogger Steve Garfield, the podcast features candid discussions about online video and new media, and often features popular web series creators as guests.[3] In 2010, Chris McCaleb of Big Fantastic joined the podcast as a regular. Notable guests have included Felicia Day, Mystery Guitar Man, Illeana Douglas, John August and Paul Scheer.

EPIC FU Producers Zadi Diaz and Steve Woolf giving keynote at New Media Expo 2008.

Epic Fu

She co-founded Epic Fu, which first premiered as JETSET (also referred to as Jet Set Show) on June 1, 2006 and was geared towards a young audience. Amanda Congdon and Andrew Baron were initially tied to the first few episodes of the production,[4] but the partnership dissolved with the Rocketboom split in July 2006.

In April 2007, JETSET was the first established web show to sign with web video studio Next New Networks (NNN).[5] In its tenure with NNN, the show grew from 30,000-40,000 views per episode to 3 million views a month.[6] After briefly being signed to West Coast digital studio Revision3 in June 2008,[7] currently, Epic Fu is independently run and distributed through Blip.tv.[8]

Disney Interactive

From 2012-2013 Zadi lead creative development and production for the online originals team at Disney Interactive Media Group. There she developed and produced the web series Where's My Water?: Swampy's Underground Adventures, Talking Friends, Blank: A Vinylmation Love Story, Power Up, Explored, and other digital shorts and one-offs.

Speaking

She has spoken at events such as the New Media Expo in 2008.

Awards

Zadi Diaz and Steve Woolf accepting their 2009 Streamy award.
Year Award Show Category Result Recipient(s)
2006 PodTech Vloggie Awards Favorite Kids and Teens videoblog Won[9] Epic Fu
2007 Webby Awards People's Voice Winner - MusicWon[10] Epic Fu
2008 Webby Awards Variety Nominated[11] Epic Fu
2009 1st Streamy Awards Best Hosted Web Series Won[12] Epic Fu
Best Web Series Host Nominated[13] Zadi Diaz
Webby Awards People's Voice Winner - Best Reality/Variety Host Won[14] Zadi Diaz
Variety Nominated[15] Epic Fu
2010 2nd Streamy Awards Best Web Series Host Won[16] Zadi Diaz

Filmography

Podcasts

References

External links

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