Rick Famuyiwa

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Rick Famuyiwa at Comic-Con 2016

Rick Famuyiwa (born June 18, 1973 in Inglewood ) is an American film director and screenwriter of Nigerian descent. For the most part, Famuyiwa's films are about ethnic diversity and acceptance of oneself and others, especially within colored communities. The theme of friendship plays a central role in most of his films.

Life

Rick Famuyiwa was born in Inglewood near Los Angeles in 1973 to Nigerian immigrants, where he grew up. After high school, Famuyiwa attended the University of Southern California , where he studied film and television production and earned bachelor's degrees from the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the School of Cinematic Arts . During this time, Famuyiwa worked closely with Todd Boyd , a professor at the college.

Since July 1999, Famuyiwa has been married to Glenita Mosley, whom he met at the University of Southern California.

Film career

In 1996 Famuyiwa made the short film Blacktop Lingo . The film received good reviews, and Famuyiwa was invited by the Sundance Institute. There he shot his first feature film, The Wood , which was released in 1999. At that time, Famuyiwa was still working in a Niketown in Beverly Hills. In the partly autobiographical film, Famuyiwa had processed his experiences with his family and close friends and his youth as an African American in Inglewood. The film was nominated for the Image Award in 2000 for Best Film . In 2002, Brown Sugar was released. For the film, Famuyiwa was nominated a second time in the category Best Film for the Image Award. Famuyiwa wrote the script for the 2007 film Talk to Me .

As in his first feature film, Famuyiwa also relocated the plot of his film Dope to his hometown of Inglewood. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2015 and was the graduation film at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival .

In June 2016, Famuyiwa took over the direction of the film Flashpoint instead of Seth Grahame-Smith , who had left the project due to creative differences . Five months later, Famuyiwa left the project, also because of creative differences with Warner Bros.

Famuyiwa is a member of the Directors Guild of America .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1996: Blacktop Lingo (short film)
  • 1999: The Wood
  • 2002: Brown Sugar
  • 2007: Talk to Me (screenplay)
  • 2010: Our Family Wedding
  • 2015: Dope
  • 2016: In good faith (Confirmation)
  • 2018: The Chi (TV series; director of the pilot episode, executive producer of episodes 1x01 to 2x03)

Awards (selection)

African-American Film Critics Association

  • 2015: Award for Best Screenplay ( Dope )

Black Reel Awards

  • 2000: Nomination for Best Director - Film (The Wood)
  • 2000: Nomination for Best Screenplay - Film (The Wood)
  • 2016: Nomination for Best Director - Film (Dope)
  • 2016: Nomination for Best Original Screenplay or Adapted Screenplay - Film (Dope)

Image Award

  • 2008: Award for Best Screenplay - Film ( Talk to Me )
  • 2016: Nomination for Best Film (Dope)
  • 2016: Nomination for Best Screenplay (Dope)
  • 2016: Nomination for Best Director - Film (Dope)

Cannes International Film Festival

  • 2015 : Nomination for the Queer Palm (Dope)

Sundance Film Festival

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rick Famuyiwa In: hollywood.com. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  2. ↑ Nigerian-American Hollywood writer, Rick Famuyiwa produces 2015 Sundance most successful film ( Memento from August 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: nigeriannewspapers.today, February 21, 2015, accessed on May 21, 2019.
  3. ↑ Witney Seibold: 'Dope' Interview: Director Rick Famuyiwa Delves Into Inglewood In: craveonline.com19. June 2015.
  4. ↑ Rick Famuyiwa In: Los Angeles Times , November 30, 1997.
  5. ↑ Joe Berkowitz: How 'Dope' Director Rick Famuyiwa Made a Crowd-Pleasing Hit By Getting Personal – And Getting Geeky In: fastcocreate.com, June 23, 2015.
  6. ↑ Mike Fleming Jr .: 'The Flash' Lands 'Dope' Helmer Rick Famuyiwa; He Will Direct Ezra Miller As Fastest Man Alive . In: deadline.com , June 2, 2016.
  7. ↑ Justin Kroll: 'The Flash' Movie Loses Director Rick Famuyiwa . In: variety.com , October 31, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Famuyiwa, Rick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Inglewood , United States