SO…WHO’S THIS NOW?
Though this photo may make you believe otherwise, I’m not starring in a sitcom.
Hullo! I wear many hats. Literally. I have almost forty. My Mama would say: “You don't have enough heads for those hats!”
I am a TV Director and a Producing Director. Ava DuVernay graciously asked me to direct two episodes of the second season of her groundbreaking TV series Queen Sugar (OWN.) Ava has changed the entire landscape (and the numbers) by only hiring female directors and specifically hiring female directors who had never directed for television before. She asked me to be producing director of season three. In addition to producing the entire season I directed three episodes, including the premiere. The seventh and final (sniff!) season of Queen Sugar is currently available on streaming platforms. I had the honor to direct the last two episodes before the Finale which was directed by Ava herself! I have directed on For The People ; The Red Line for CBS, How To Get Away With Murder, Station 19 and YOU for Netflix. I was also Producing Director on Self Made: Inspired by The Life of Madam CJ Walker on Netflix which starred Octavia Spencer and Blair Underwood who each won NAACP Image Awards (2021) for their roles- the series won too! I was Co-Executive Producer/Producing Director on Clarice - the TV sequel to THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS for CBS/MGM and Naomi for Array/WB/CW about a Black teenage female superhero!
Most recently I directed a pilot for Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Greg Berlanti and Warner Brothers called Found that had it’s premiere on NBC 10/3 (after The Voice) and airs on Peacock!
I am also a Commercial Director. A new spot for the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau (Boston Represent!) that I directed for Allen + Gerritsen is currently airing.
OH and I'm a Filmmaker (two features I wrote and directed premiered In Competition at The Sundance Film Festival and internationally at Edinburgh. LIFT was Kerry Washington’s first solo feature back in the day!) and I’m a Sundance Fellow (Class of '97) having attended both the Filmmaker’s and Writer’s Labs.
HUSTLE!*
*I get it from My Mama.