Valerie Haselton Drescher
Birth Name:
Valerie Haselton
Profession
Producer, Director, Actress
Fast Facts
- She has a master's degree in film and television from Bristol University in England
- Her first job in the industry was with Hybrid TV, where she produced a series that helped launch the careers of Sacha Baron Cohen and Jason Bradbury
- Her production company, Sirens Media, started out as a two-woman operation run out of a living room
- Quote: "[On "Prison Wives"] "I think people will tune in to judge [these women], but I don't know that they will walk away with the judgment they thought they would have․""
- Quote: "[On living in Washington, D․C․] "Every time I meet someone at a party, they're like, 'Oh, is there TV in D․C․? I didn't know that․'""
- Quote: "[On moving Sirens Media from Los Angeles to Washington, D․C․] "When we came here, this was the place to be․ This was where nonfiction programming was․""
- In 2005 she co-founded Sirens Media, a full-service production company for TV and film, with business partner Rebecca Toth Diefenbach
- She bought a home in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, D․C․, in 2010