Awards & Winners

Rick Famuyiwa

Date of Birth 18-June-1973
Place of Birth United States of America
(Americas, DVD Region 1, United States, with Territories, Lacks Family Cemetery )
Nationality United States of America, Nigeria
Profession Screenwriter, Film Director
Rick Famuyiwa, born on June 18, 1973, is an emerging Nigerian American Hollywood writer and director of films such as The Wood, Talk To Me, and Brown Sugar. His most recent film is the comedy Our Family Wedding, starring Forest Whitaker and America Ferrera. Famuyiwa’s films mainly explore themes of racial diversity and acceptance of oneself and others, especially within communities of color. In the majority of Famuyiwa’s films, friendship plays a central role to the characters’ development and progression throughout the film. Additionally, thus far, nearly all of Famuyiwa’s feature films have dealt with the institution of marriage in one form or another. It is helpful to note also that Rick Famuyiwa’s upbringing in the racially eclectic Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood has had a tremendous impact on his cinematic works and point of view as both an individual and artist. Famuyiwa is a graduate of the University of Southern California and has Bachelor of Arts degrees in Cinematic Arts Film & Television Production and Cinematic Arts Critical Studies, both granted by the USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences in conjunction with the School of Cinematic Arts. Rick Famuyiwa is part of the Director’s Guild of America and it is his passion to make African Americans a greater, more respected part of the cinema industry.

Awards by Rick Famuyiwa

Check all the awards nominated and won by Rick Famuyiwa.

2008


NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
Honored for : Talk to Me

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture Talk to Me