Ren Young is the founder and Chief Vision Officer of PRAYZN Inc. He has spent more than sixteen years making television, and he came to it from music.
Interlochen, Carnegie Mellon, Curtis
The training was classical. Interlochen first, then Carnegie Mellon, then Curtis — years of opera, composition and the particular discipline of learning a form well enough to eventually leave it. That background still runs underneath everything: structure, tempo, knowing when to hold a note and when to cut.
Television
Sixteen-plus years producing, with thirteen-plus producer credits. Love & Hip Hop. Married to Medicine. Thicker Than Water. Totally T-Boz. K-Ci & JoJo… Come Clean. Unscripted television teaches you how an audience actually behaves rather than how you wish it would — which turns out to be the most transferable skill there is.
PRAYZN
PRAYZN Inc. is the current work: building the first ever ecosystem of faith-fueled music and entertainment products for the next generation. Music and radio, interactive and gaming, apparel and live events — one audience, one design system, one company.
He lives in Los Angeles, is obsessed with music, unreasonable about coffee, serious about food, and takes meetings.