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Director
Rick Famuyiwa
Directing
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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 3All crew credits: 15
TMDB ID: 51866
IMDb ID: nm0266622
Known for: Directing
Born: June 18, 1973
Age: 53
Place of birth: USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1996 - 2026
Years active: 31
Average TMDB rating: 7.16
Wikidata: Q7331376
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Director (9)Executive Producer (3)Screenplay (2)Writer (1)
Biography
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 six 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Rick Famuyiwa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
The Mandalorian and Grogu
as Jib Dodger
2026 Movie
Dope
Executive Producer
2015 Movie
Confirmation
Director
2016 Movie
Talk to Me
Screenplay
2007 Movie
The Wood
Screenplay
1999 Movie
Brown Sugar
Director
2002 Movie
Our Family Wedding
Director
2010 Movie
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The Mandalorian and Grogu
as Jib Dodger
2026 Movie
Dope
Executive Producer
2015 Movie
Confirmation
Director
2016 Movie
Brown Sugar
Director
2002 Movie
The Wood
Screenplay
1999 Movie
Talk to Me
Screenplay
2007 Movie
Our Family Wedding
Director
2010 Movie
Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
Ugo: A Homecoming Story
Director
2024 Movie
The Lost
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
Blacktop Lingo
Director
1996 Movie
We Will Be Monsters
Director
2021 Movie
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