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John Ridley is the author of seven published novels, the most recent, What Fire Cannot Burn from Warner Books and The Drift from Knopf. His first novel, Stray Dogs, was made into the feature film U Turn (1997) directed by Oliver Stone and starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, and Nick Nolte. Additionally, Ridley wrote the screenplays for the films ...
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Untitled Alicia Keys/Showtime Project
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2017
Guerrilla
(TV Mini-Series) (executive producer - 6 episodes)
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2015-2017
American Crime
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- Season Three: Episode Eight
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- Season Three: Episode Seven
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- Season Three: Episode Five
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- Season Three: Episode Four
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2009-2010
The Wanda Sykes Show
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Barbershop
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- Get Your Hand Out of My Womb
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- Crimes of the Heart
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Third Watch
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- Monsters
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- Higher Calling
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2003
Platinum
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- Flow
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- Peace
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1996
The Show
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- Allison and Them
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- The Censors and Them
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- The Last Episode of the Season and Them
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- God and Them
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1995-1996
The John Larroquette Show
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- Happy Endings
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- Running for Carly
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- Intern Writer
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- Hello, Baby, Hello
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- Independence Day
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Novel: What Fire Cannot Burn. New York: Warner Books, 2006. See more »Official Sites:
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As a coping mechanism, or as a way to make a little hard count by shilling demons in the shadows, I try not to belittle the thought process of the conspiracy theorists. As a cocktail waitress in Vegas once schooled me: never get down on anybody else's hustle. See more »Trivia:
Wrote a draft for the script of Beverly Hills Cop IV (2014) but the script was rejected. See more »Star Sign:
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