Founded by Roxanne Mayweather and Suzanne Shelton, SearchWorks provides research and intellectual property clearance for projects in the entertainment and cultural sectors. SearchWorks works closely with producers, directors, editors, art departments, legal departments, and estate representatives, to find and clear film and video footage, photos, fine art images, published text; music and or lyrics for use in large and small projects. Additionally, we supply fact checking and historical accuracy research services for screenwriters, producers and feature film art departments and regularly secure talent and celebrity permissions for use in an array of projects. SearchWorks clients include feature Film and TV production companies, advertising agencies, music video creators, museums/archives, Broadway stage plays, board and interactive games producers worldwide.
Suzanne and Roxanne are members of AMCUP (Association of Media Content Users & Providers) and CLEAR, a professional research organization.
Founder | Owner
Roxanne R. Mayweather
Roxanne Mayweather is a highly respected stock footage research and intellectual property rights and clearance professional in the entertainment industry. After attending Mills College in Oakland, California, Roxanne began working in the film industry with legendary director/producer Roger Corman. She developed her love of film and quickly recognized its power to entertain, inform and affect people in unexpected ways at his studios. Later, working as a Visual FX Coordinator on seminal special effects films like TRON, The Philadelphia Experiment, and Children of the Corn, Roxanne added to her skill set the importance of strict budgeting, cultivated attention to detail as well as the necessity of creative problem solving. Roxanne has formidable knowledge of film and video formats, ranging from those that are now obsolete to the new media standards more commonly used today.
As the former Director of Research for Film Bank, she interfaced with film libraries and film laboratories worldwide. She mastered the details of film making and video stock, format and transfer, all while locating, ordering, and editing hard-to-find 16mm and 35mm stock footage film clips for documentaries, commercials and major studio feature films.
Founder | Owner
Suzanne C. Shelton
Prior to founding SearchWorks with Roxanne Mayweather, Suzanne worked as a literary agent for CNA, a talent agency located in Los Angeles. During this time she worked closely with entertainment industry directors, writers and producers. She previously served as the Executive Director of a non-profit organization, a magazine editor for Neworld, the Inner City Cultural Arts Magazine, and a creative writing instructor for young students.
Suzanne is a graduate of Pitzer College in Claremont, CA, where she received a B.A. Degree in Political Science. Following that, Suzanne went on to earn her M.A. Degree in Urban Studies from Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA. She was also honored to receive and complete a two year CORO Foundation Fellowship and a two year American Film Institute Screenwriting Fellowship.