Rick Famuyiwa

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Rick Famuyiwa born on June 18 1973 is an emerging Nigerian American Hollywood writer and director of films such as The Wood 1999 Talk To Me 2007 and Brown Sugar 2002 His most recent film is the comedy Our Family Wedding 2010 starring Forest Whitaker and America Ferrera Famuyiwas films mainly explore themes of racial diversity and acceptance of oneself and others especially within communities of color In the majority of Famuyiwas films friendship plays a central role to the characters development and progression throughout the film Additionally thus far nearly all of Famuyiwas feature films have dealt with the institution of marriage in one form or another It is helpful to note also that Rick Famuyiwas 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 USC 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 Directors Guild of America and it is his passion to make African Americans a greater more respected part of the cinema industry Description above from the Wikipedia article Rick Famuyiwa licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia