Rick Famuyiwa
Rick Famuyiwa | |
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Famuyiwa at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con. | |
| Born | June 18, 1973 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | Nigerian, American |
| Occupation(s) | Director, producer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Spouse |
Glenita Mosley (m. 1999) |
Rick Famuyiwa (born June 18, 1973) is a Nigerian-American filmmaker and television director. He is best known for the films The Wood (1999), Brown Sugar (2002), and Dope (2015), as well as for his work on the television series The Mandalorian, for which he directed five episodes and served as an executive producer for the third season. 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).