Omar Parker (b. 1997)
Alias:
Tumbleweed
Birthplace:
San Diego, California, USA
Born:
November 3, 1997
Omar Parker is an American producer, content creator, & author. He graduated from Montana State University in 2019 with honors in film & photography. While in college he started Egerton Crescent Productions with Charles Burt his producing partner. Together they would produce 21 features, 24 short films, and 4 mini series in just under a decade. With titles landing at every festival under the sun including Sundance, Cannes, Tribeca, TIFF, Sitges, and showing in over 100 nations, while also being acquired by companies like Gravitas Ventures. These films featured talent like Michael Madsen, Eric Roberts, Fred Melamed, Barry Bostwick, Jane Kaczmarek, George Lazenby, Michael Pare, Forrest Goodluck, Daniel Baldwin, Kevin Sorbo, Tom Sizemore, Martin Klebba, Larry Hankin, Danielle Harris, & Brinke Stevens. Parker also got involved in the digital media space, creating and working with many brands. His first digital brand was Captain's Log, a YouTube channel dedicated to the Star Trek fandom started out of quarantine boredom. The brand amassed over 100K subscribers before Parker moved onto Allrites. Allrites is a CaaS (Content as a service) platform that sells content to up and coming OTT platforms around the world. While there Parker was the business development manager, helping to foster new relationships with streaming services. He helped create opportunities with Crackle, LG, Planet Theta, ChimeTV, TCL, and many more while helping to train their sales team. In 2022, Parker became a producer at TBNR. TBNR was a Forbes top 10 YouTube conglomerate of 7 channels with 70 million+ subscribers run by Preston and Brianna Arsement, with nearly 100 full time employees. While there he produced many videos and shorts that amassed over 1 billion views and frequently hit top spots on the Youtube trending page, leading a full time production team of 20+ employees. Parker also aided in brand deals for the channel with companies like Warner Bros, Paramount, Lego, Air Up, Zuru, & GameStop. He also collaborated with other YouTubers like Mr. Beast, Mark Rober, Unspeakable, ZHC, & Lachlan. In 2023 he began his own social media brand known as Tumbleweed. Through the brand he became an Amazon bestselling author, gained millions of followers on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, worked with brands like Marriot & Hilton, and took production worldwide with places like Dubai, Tokyo, and New York City. In 2025 he announced his feature film directorial debut, The Prince, The Sister & The Serpent.