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Rick Famuyiwa

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Television Producer | * 06/18/1973 (50) | Inglewood (United States of America (USA))
Rick Famuyiwa (born June 18, 1973) is an American filmmaker and television director. He is best known for the films The Wood (1999), Brown Sugar (2002), and Dope (2015), as well for his work on the television series The Mandalorian. His films have been nominated for or won multiple awards, including in 2008, when he received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture for the film Talk to Me (2007). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him ...

Dope

R

2015 | 3.6/5 | 1h 43min
Crime, Drama, Comedy
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In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in the middle-class African-American neighborhood of In ...

The Wood

R

1999 | 3.5/5 | 1h 46min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through the outer reaches, earning his keep as a bounty hunter. ...

The Mandalorian

TV-14

2019- | 4.2/5
Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
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A relevant, timely and distinctive coming-of-age story following a half dozen interrelated characters in the South Side of Chicago. The story centers on Brandon, an ambitious and confident young man w ...

The Chi

TV-MA

2018- | 4.1/5
Drama
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TV Shows/Series with Rick Famuyiwa as Actor(2)

as Self - Director2020 Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
as Jib Dodger2019 The Mandalorian

Movies with Rick Famuyiwa as Crew(23)

Directing/Director2024 Ugo: A Homecoming Story
Directing/Director2023 Son of Shaolin
Directing/Director2023 Sadé
Production/Producer2023 Sadé
Directing/Director2023 The Black Hole
Writing/Screenplay2023 The Black Hole
Directing/Director2023 Uptown Saturday Night
Directing/Director2023 Past Midnight
Production/Executive Producer2017 The Lost
Production/Executive Producer2017 Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King
Directing/Director2016 Confirmation
Directing/Director2015 Dope
Production/Executive Producer2015 Dope
Writing/Writer2015 Dope
Directing/Director2010 Our Family Wedding
Writing/Writer2010 Our Family Wedding
Writing/Screenplay2007 Talk to Me
Directing/Director2002 Brown Sugar
Writing/Screenplay2002 Brown Sugar
Directing/Director1999 The Wood
Writing/Screenplay1999 The Wood
Directing/Director1996 Blacktop Lingo
Writing/Writer1996 Blacktop Lingo

TV Shows/Series with Rick Famuyiwa as Crew(6)

Directing/Director2022 They Call Me Magic
Writing/Teleplay2019 The Mandalorian
Writing/Writer2019 The Mandalorian
Directing/Director2019 The Mandalorian
Production/Executive Producer2019 The Mandalorian
Directing/Director2018 The Chi

Full Name: Rick Famuyiwa
Born: Monday, 06/18 1973 (June) in Inglewood (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 50 years + 306 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Southern California, USC School of Cinematic Arts, St. Bernard High School
Rick Famuyiwa frequently works together with these people:
Jon Favreau (7x, Actor)
Dave Filoni (7x, Crew)
Misty Rosas (6x, Actress)
Taika Waititi (5x, Crew)
Temuera Morrison (4x, Actor)
Chris Bartlett (4x, Actor)
Forest Whitaker (3x, Actor)
Taye Diggs (3x, Actor)
Dirk Westervelt (3x, Crew)
Neil M. Paik (3x, Crew)
Hasan Minhaj (3x, Actor)
Kathleen Kennedy (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:127622, Added: 06/28/2018, Last updated: 03/25/2024