Rashad Frett
- Editor
- Director
- Cinematographer
Rashad Frett is an award-winning Caribbean American Director, Cinematographer, and Editor. He obtained his BA from Central Connecticut State University and is an MFA alumni of New York University Graduate Film Program.
Frett is a recipient of the BAFTA - HBO scholarship, Martin Scorsese Young Filmmakers scholarship, and a BET Blackhouse Foundation Fellowship at Sundance. Frett also won a DGA Student Film Award, a Prestigious NYU King Wasserman award, a Spike Lee Production Fellowship, a Cary Fukunaga Production Fund recipient, and an alumni of Ryan Murphy's HALF Initiative mentorship program. His most recent film "Ricky" had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and he was also selected for the 2023 Sundance Screenwriters Lab.
Additionally, Frett's work has aired on Showtime and screened in Prestigious festivals including SXSW, SFFilm Festival, HollyShorts, ABFF, Urbanworld, Aspen Film Festival, and Berlinale.
His 2011 directorial debut "The Second District" TV pilot received national acclaim and a mention in the Wall Street Journal.
Frett is a recipient of the BAFTA - HBO scholarship, Martin Scorsese Young Filmmakers scholarship, and a BET Blackhouse Foundation Fellowship at Sundance. Frett also won a DGA Student Film Award, a Prestigious NYU King Wasserman award, a Spike Lee Production Fellowship, a Cary Fukunaga Production Fund recipient, and an alumni of Ryan Murphy's HALF Initiative mentorship program. His most recent film "Ricky" had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and he was also selected for the 2023 Sundance Screenwriters Lab.
Additionally, Frett's work has aired on Showtime and screened in Prestigious festivals including SXSW, SFFilm Festival, HollyShorts, ABFF, Urbanworld, Aspen Film Festival, and Berlinale.
His 2011 directorial debut "The Second District" TV pilot received national acclaim and a mention in the Wall Street Journal.