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We are Looking for Fall 2025 Interns!
Portray’d Productions is hiring Fall 2025 interns! We’re looking for two talented interns to join our team. We’re currently seeking a Social Media Intern to help grow our digital presence, and an Assistant to the Creative Producer to support development and production. This is a part-time internship running from August to December 2025, with hybrid or remote options available. College credit is preferred but not required. If you're passionate about storytelling, culture, and indie film, send your resume and a short cover letter to annaray@portraydproductions.com by August 29, 2025. Let’s tell powerful stories together!
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PORTRAY'D PRODUCTIONS

PORTRAY'D PRODUCTIONS is a North Carolina based independent production company dedicated to telling and celebrating black southern stories through an intersectional lense. Via independent films and serialized digital content, PORTRAY'D PRODUCTIONS is committed to revolutionary storytelling that highlights diversity in the south and modernizes the Afro-Southern narrative.
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Created by North Carolina filmmaker, Anna Ray, MFA, PORTRAY'D PRODUCTIONS houses original content meant to explore various experiences of the world around us.
ANNA RAY, MFA
founder & creative producer

Anna Ray is a Wilmington, North Carolina based independent filmmaker. Hailing from Laurinburg, she has a deep-rooted passion for the art of storytelling and the North Carolina film industry. A former educator, she spent 2.5 years teaching English and North American Culture in public schools in Spain. While there, she produced two short films in Madrid, one of which, “Chueca”, a story documenting the life of trans sex workers, went on to have a successful international film festival run. Since relocating to Wilmington, she has worked on many projects filming in the area including, Hightown a Monster Summer, and The Summer I Turned Pretty, and was the Programming Coordinator for the 26th and 27th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival. Anna holds dual Bachelor’s degrees in Journalism and Hispanic Studies from East Carolina University, and her Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Producing from the School of Filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.