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Winner of an American Book Award for "Hip Hop America".

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in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Hide HideProducer (22 titles)
2013 Finding the Funk (documentary) (executive producer, producer)
 
2012 All Hail the Beat (short) (producer)
 
2011 VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul (TV movie) (consulting producer)
 
2011 Brooklyn Boheme (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2011 Hell: A Life (short) (producer)
 
2011 Hell of a Life (video short) (producer)
 
2010 Left Unsaid (executive producer)
 
2009 Good Hair (documentary) (producer)
 
2006-2009 American Gangster (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 26 episodes)
– Romper Room Gang (2009) (executive producer)
– The Shower Posse (2008) (executive producer)
– Willie Lloyd (2008) (executive producer)
– Guy Fisher (2008) (executive producer)
– Mutulu Shakur (2008) (executive producer)
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2008 5th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors (TV movie) (co-executive producer)
 
2007 4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie) (consulting producer)
 
2006 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie) (co-executive producer)
 
2005 Richard Pryor: The Funniest Man Dead or Alive (TV special documentary) (consulting producer, executive producer)
 
2005 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie) (consulting producer)
 
2004 Hip-Hop Honors (TV special) (consulting producer)
 
2004 The N Word (documentary) (producer)
 
2004 Everyday People (executive producer)
 
The Chris Rock Show (TV series) (consulting producer - 13 episodes, 1997-1998) (supervising producer - 5 episodes, 1997)
– Episode #3.2 (1998) (consulting producer)
– Episode #2.12 (1997) (consulting producer)
– Episode #2.11 (1997) (consulting producer)
– Episode #2.10 (1997) (consulting producer)
– Episode #2.9 (1997) (consulting producer)
See all 18 episodes »
 
1993 CB4 (producer)
 
1992 Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (associate producer)
 
1991 Strictly Business (associate producer)
 
1990 Def by Temptation (executive producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (10 titles)
2013 Finding the Funk (documentary) (written by)
 
2012 All Hail the Beat (short)
 
2011 Brooklyn Boheme (documentary)
 
2010 Left Unsaid (written by)
 
2007 Life Support (TV movie) (written by)
 
2001 One Special Moment (TV movie)
 
1999 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV series)
– The Bremen Town Musicians (1999) (writer)
 
1993 CB4 (screenplay / story)
 
1991 Strictly Business (written by)
 
1988 American Masters (TV series documentary)
– Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul (1988) (written by)
 
Show ShowDirector (8 titles)
2013 Finding the Funk (documentary)
 
2012 All Hail the Beat (short)
 
2012 The Announcement (TV documentary)
 
2011 Brooklyn Boheme (documentary)
 
2010 Left Unsaid
 
2007 4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie) (segment "Hip Hop I.Q.")
 
2007 Life Support (TV movie)
 
2001 One Special Moment (TV movie)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
2012 All Hail the Beat (short)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (1 title)
2012 Disdain the Mundane (video short)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1997 The Chris Rock Show (TV series)
Ricco Bell's associate
– Episode #1.4 (1997) … Ricco Bell's associate (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1993 CB4 (writer: "Wackee Dee is in the House")
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
1998 Smoke Signals (thanks)
 
1996 Chris Rock: Bring the Pain (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (55 titles)
2009-2013 Unsung (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Disco Parts 1 and 2 (2013) … Himself
– EPMD (2013) … Himself
– Whodini (2012) … Himself
– Millie Jackson (2012) … Himself
– Mary Wells (2011) … Himself
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2012 Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.8 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 The Joy of Disco (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Big Morning Buzz Live with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– Gloria Estefan/Emmy Rossum/June Ambrose (2012) … Himself
 
2009-2011 Life After (TV series)
Himself
– Christopher Williams (2011) … Himself
– Christopher 'Play' Martin (2011) … Himself
– Bell Biv DeVoe (2009) … Himself
– Christopher 'Kid' Reid (2009) … Himself
– Daryl 'Chill' Mitchell (2009) … Himself
 
2011 Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation (TV documentary)
 
2010 Ray Charles America (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Treme (TV series)
Himself
– At the Foot of Canal Street (2010) … Himself
 
2010 VH1 Rock Docs (TV series)
Himself
– Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Downtown Calling (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Doctor Prince & Mister Jackson (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.157 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Open Book (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Moving Pictures Live! (TV series)
Himself
 
2007-2008 American Gangster (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Guy Fisher (2008) … Himself
– Larry Davis (2008) … Himself
– Kenneth McGriff (2007) … Himself
– Felix Mitchell (2007) … Himself
 
2008 Hip Hop vs. America II: Where Did the Love Go? (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 The Wire: The Last Word (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The Wire Odyssey (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie)
Himself (voice) (uncredited)
 
2005-2007 The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (TV series)
Himself
– Tommie Smith & John Carlos for Their Black Power Salute (2007) … Himself
– George Foreman for Losing to Muhammad Ali (2006) … Himself
– Mike Tyson for Losing to Buster Douglas (2005) … Himself
 
2006 Bring That Year Back 2006: Laugh Now, Cry Later (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 SexTV (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Shafted: The Story of Blaxploitation Cinema (2006) … Himself
 
2004-2006 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Dusty Springfield (2006) … Himself
– Othello (2004) … Himself
 
2005 The 50 Greatest Documentaries (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Letter to the President (video documentary)
Himself - Author / Journalist
 
2005 500 Years Later (documentary)
Himself - Playwright
 
2005 Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Making a Mark (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 College Daze (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Birth of a Nation: The Making of 'School Daze' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 48 Hours (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Michael Jackson: Critical Stage (2005) … Himself
 
2004 Hip-Hop Honors (TV special)
Himself
 
2004 And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Back in the Day (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The N Word (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Focused Digizine #1 (video)
Himself
 
2003 Get Up, Stand Up (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Say It Loud (2003) … Himself - Interviewee
– Next Stop Vietnam (2003) … Himself - Interviewee
– We Shall Overcome (2003) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2000-2003 ESPN SportsCentury (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Latrell Sprewell (2003) … Himself
– Mike Tyson (2002) … Himself
– Jackie Robinson (2001) … Himself
– Joe Louis (2000) … Himself
 
2003 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– James Brown: Soul Survivor (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Nina Simone: A Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 It's Black Entertainment (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Heroes of Black Comedy (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Raisin' Kane: A Rapumentary (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Bill Russell: My Life, My Way (TV documentary)
Himself - Writer
 
1999 Michael Jordan: His Airness (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Top Ten (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Disco (1998) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1996 Chris Rock: Bring the Pain (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 Rave (TV series)
Himself - Music Critic
– The Prince of Paisley Park (1992) … Himself - Music Critic
 
1992 Straight Up Go-Go (video documentary)
Himself
 
1991 The Prince of Paisley Park (TV movie)
Himself - Music Critic
 
1990 The Media Show (TV series)
Himself
– Black Primetime (1990) … Himself
 
1990 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 March 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1986 The Rock 'n' Roll Evening News (TV series)
Himself/Correspondent
 

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