Here is our list of the creators creating the visuals and stories that rep The Culture on the big and small screen.

 

DIRECTORS

• Angela Bassett– American Horror Story (TV Series, 2 episodes), Breakthrough (TV Series Documentary), Whitney (TV Movie)
• Maggie Betts– Novitiate (Movie), Engram (Short), The Carrier (Documentary)
• Chadwick Boseman– Heaven (Short), Blood Over a Broken Pawn (Short)
• Don Cheadle– House of Lies (TV Series, 4 episodes), Miles Ahead (Film). Vanity Fair: Decades (TV Mini-Series Documentary Short)
• Ryan Coogler– Black Panther (Film), Scenes for Minors (TV Series), Creed (Film), Fruitvale Station (Film), The Sculptor (Short), Fig (Short), Locks (Short)
• Ice Cube– 30 for 30: Straight Outta L.A. (TV Series Documentary), The Players Club
• Lee Daniels– Empire (TV Series, 4 Episodes). Star (TV Series, 3 episodes), Lee Daniels’ The Butler (Film), The Paperboy (Film). Precious (Film), Shadowboxer (Film)
• Ava DuVernay – A Wrinkle in Time (Film), Jay Z: Family Feud (Video Short), 13^th(Documentary), Queen Sugar (TV Series, 2 Episodes), August 28^th(Documentary Short), For Justice (TV Movie), Selma (Film), Scandal (TV Series, 1 Episode), Nine for IX (TV Series Documentary, 1 Episode), The Door (Short), Middle of Nowhere (Film), Essence Presents: Faith in 2010 (TV Movie), I Will Follow (Film), My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop (TV Movie Documentary), Compton in C Minor (Short), This Is My Life (Documentary), Saturday Night Life (Short)
• Spike Lee– BlacKKKlansman (Film), Pass Over (Film), She’s Gotta Have It (TV Series, 10 Episodes), Michael Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (Documentary). Chi-Raq, Mo’ne Davis: I Throw Like a Girl (Documentary), Bad 25 (Documentary), She Hate Me (Film), 25^thHour (Film), Inside Man (Film), Sucker Free City (TV Movie), A Huey P. Newton Story (TV Movie Documentary), Bamboozled (Film), The Original Kings of Comedy (Documentary), Summer of Sam (Documentary), He Got Game (Film), 4 Little Girls (Documentary), Get on the Bus (Film), Girl 6 (Film), Clockers (Film), Crooklyn (Film), Malcolm X (Film), Jungle Fever (Film), Mo’ Better Blues (Film), Do The Right Thing (Film), School Daze (Film), She’s Gotta Have It (Film), Last Hustle in Brooklyn (Short)
• Jordan Peele– Us (Film in pre-production), Get Out (Film)
• Tyler Perry– Acrimony (Film), The Paynes (TV Series, 13 Episodes), The Haves and the Have Nots (TV Series, 50 episodes), Love Thy Neighbor (TV Series, 28 Episodes), Boo! A Madea Halloween (Film), Boo2! A Madea Halloween (Film), If Loving You Is Wrong (TV Series, 34 episodes), Madea on the Run (Film), For Better or Worse (TV Series, 59 Episodes), Madea’s Neighbors from Hell (Film), Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (Film), Madea Gets a Job (Film), House of Payne (TV Series, 130 Episodes), Madea’s Witness Protection (Film), Good Deeds (Film), Madea Big Family (Film), For Colored Girls (Film), Wjy Did I Get Married? (Film), Why Did I Get Married Too? (Film), Meet The Browns (TV Series, 17 Episodes), I Can Do Bad All by Myself (Film), Madea Goes to Jail (Film), The Family That Preys (Film), Daddy’s Little Girls (Film), Madea’s Family Reunion (Film),
• Angela Robinson – Angela Robinson is a writer and filmmaker who has written for the HBO series Hung and True Blood. She directed the D.E.B.S.as well as Professor Martson and the Wonder Women.
• John Singleton – Snowfall (TV Series, 3 Episodes), Billions (TV Series, 1 Episode), Rebel (TV Series, 1 Episode), American Crime Story (TV Series, 1 Episode), Empire (TV Series, 1 Episode), Abduction (Film), 30 for 30: Marion Jones: Press Pause (TV Series Documentary). Four Brothers (Film), 2 Fast 2 Furious (Film), Baby Boy (Film), Shaft (Film), Rosewood (Film), Higher Learning (Film), Poetic Justice (Film), Michael Jackson: Remember The Time (Music Video), Boyz N The Hood (Film)
• KeeenenIvory Wayans – In Living Color (TV Series), Littleman (Film), White Chicks (Film). Scary Movie (Film), Scary Movie 2 (Film), A Low Down Dirty Shame (Film), I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (Film)
• Forest Whitaker

 

SCREENWRITERS

• Ryan Coogler – Black Panther, Creed, Fruitvale Station, The Sculptor, Locks
• Joe Robert Cole – Black Panther, American Crime Story (TV), Amber Lake
• Ava DuVernay – Selma
• Spike Lee– BlacKKKlansman (Film), Pass Over (Film), She’s Gotta Have It (TV Series, 10 Episodes), Michael Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (Documentary). Chi-Raq, Mo’ne Davis: I Throw Like a Girl (Documentary), Bad 25 (Documentary), She Hate Me (Film), 25^thHour (Film), Inside Man (Film), Sucker Free City (TV Movie), A Huey P. Newton Story (TV Movie Documentary), Bamboozled (Film), The Original Kings of Comedy (Documentary), Summer of Sam (Documentary), He Got Game (Film), 4 Little Girls (Documentary), Get on the Bus (Film), Girl 6 (Film), Clockers (Film), Crooklyn (Film), Malcolm X (Film), Jungle Fever (Film), Mo’ Better Blues (Film), Do The Right Thing (Film), School Daze (Film), She’s Gotta Have It (Film), Last Hustle in Brooklyn (Short)
• Jordan Peele – Us (Film in pre-production), Get Out (Film)
• Tyler Perry – Acrimony (Film), The Paynes (TV Series, 13 Episodes), The Haves and the Have Nots (TV Series, 50 episodes), Love Thy Neighbor (TV Series, 28 Episodes), Boo! A Madea Halloween (Film), Boo2! A Madea Halloween (Film), If Loving You Is Wrong (TV Series, 34 episodes), Madea on the Run (Film), For Better or Worse (TV Series, 59 Episodes), Madea’s Neighbors from Hell (Film), Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (Film), Madea Gets a Job (Film), House of Payne (TV Series, 130 Episodes), Madea’s Witness Protection (Film), Good Deeds (Film), Madea Big Family (Film), For Colored Girls (Film), Wjy Did I Get Married? (Film), Why Did I Get Married Too? (Film), Meet The Browns (TV Series, 17 Episodes), I Can Do Bad All by Myself (Film), Madea Goes to Jail (Film), The Family That Preys (Film), Daddy’s Little Girls (Film), Madea’s Family Reunion (Film),