Ernest White II is a producer of film, television, and digital media. He is the founder and CEO of Presidio Pictures, executive producer and host of award-winning television travel docu-series, "FLY BROTHER with Ernest White II” (PBS), and executive producer and lead writer of the award-winning “Deadman’s Curse: Slumach’s Gold” podcast (Corus/CuriousCast). Ernest’s writing includes fiction, literary essay, and travel narrative, having been featured in Time Out London, USA Today, Getaway, Ebony, The Manifest-Station, Sinking City, Lakeview Journal, Matador Network, National Geographic Traveler’s Brazil and Bradt’s Tajikistan guidebooks, and at TravelChannel.com. He is also senior editor at Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel, former assistant editor at Time Out São Paulo, and founding editor of digital men’s magazine Abernathy.Appearing on the Travel Channel television series "Destination Showdown" and "Jamaica: Bared," as well as in the 2013 documentary film about the dangers of mass tourism, Gringo Trails, Ernest also works as an actor and voice over artist for radio, film and television, audiobooks, and educational materials, and speaks to youth and adult audiences about the incomparable magic of travel. He holds an undergraduate degree in political science from Florida A&M University, an MFA in creative writing from the American University in Washington, and is currently earning his Certificate in the Business and Management of Entertainment from the University of California, Los Angeles.A Florida native, Ernest’s obsessions include Thai curry, "The Crown," and Rita Hayworth.