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Angela Tucker

Angela Tucker is an American writer, and Emmy and Webby award winning producer/director.[1][2][3] She is best known for her work on Black Folk Don't, (A)sexual and All Styles.[4][5][6]

Angela Tucker
Born10 August
Occupation(s)Director, Writer and Producer
Years active2003–present

Life and career edit

Tucker graduated from Wesleyan University with a BA, and from Columbia University with an MFA.[7] She was a Sundance Institute Women Filmmakers Initiative fellow.[8] She has received grants from the MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Tribeca All Access and the Brooklyn Arts Council.[9][10] She was awarded an Artist Residency at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs.[11]

Tucker was the Director of Production at Big Mouth Films, a social issue documentary production company. In 2010, Tucker left Big Mouth Productions to focus on her own film production company, TuckerGurl Inc.[citation needed] Her directorial debut under her own company was the feature documentary, (A)sexual, about people who experience no sexual attraction, premiered at Frameline Film Festival.[12][13] In 2013, she directed and produced the documentary series, Black Folk Don't, featured in Time Magazine's “10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life”.[14]

Tucker's directorial debut feature film, All Styles, starring Dushaunt Fik-Shun Stegall and Heather Morris, premiered on Showtime.[15] In 2018, she directed a short film, All Skinfolk, Ain’t Kinfolk, premiered at Doc NYC.[16] She is also slated to direct the upcoming feature film, Paper Chase..[17]

Filmography edit

Year Title Writer Director Producer Notes
2003 Conversations with Id  N  Y  N Short Film
2004 Shook  N  N  Y Short Film
2005 The Birthday Girl  Y  Y  N Short Film
2008 Invisible Men: Greg's Story  N  Y  N Documentary short
2008 Invisible Men: Andrew's Story  N  Y  N Documentary short
2008 Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange  N  N  Y Documentary[18]
2009 No Family History  N  N  Y Documentary
2010 Dreaming Nicaragua  N  N  Y Documentary[19]
2010 Pushing the Elephant  N  N  Y Documentary[20]
2011 (A)sexual  N  Y  N Documentary
2013 The New Black  N  N  Y Documentary
2014 Just the Three of Us  Y  Y  N Short film
2015 New Orleans, Here and Now  N  Y  N TV series
2015 Independent Lens  N  N  Y TV series; 2 episodes
2013-2016 Black Folk Don't  N  Y  Y TV series; 10 episodes
2017 Intersection  Y  Y  N Short film
2018 All Styles  Y  Y  N Feature Film
2018 All Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk  N  Y  N Short Film
2020 Paper Chase  Y  Y  N (pre-production)

References edit

  1. ^ "Angela Tucker Explores 'Black Folk Don't' [INTERVIEW]". ebony.com. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  2. ^ "An interview with Angela Tucker, director (a)sexual". Archived from the original on 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  3. ^ "Angela Tucker". tfiny.org. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  4. ^ "Black Folk Don't: An Interview With Series Creator Angela Tucker". kickmag.net. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  5. ^ "(A)sexual Star and Director David Jay and Angela Tucker". slate.com. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  6. ^ "Shout! Studios Acquires Angela Tucker's Dance Drama Feature Film "All Styles,"". blackfilm.com. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  7. ^ "The PBS and Adobe Foundations Join with POV in Awarding Grants To 15 Documentary Projects by Young Filmmakers". archive.pov.org. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  8. ^ "Women at Sundance Fellows: Hitting Their Stride". sundance.org. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  9. ^ "Pushing the Elephant". macfound.org. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  10. ^ "2010 REGRANT RECIPIENTS". brooklynartscouncil.org. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  11. ^ "Filmmakers". yaddo.org. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  12. ^ "(A)sexual". variety.com. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  13. ^ "(A)sexual premieres at Frameline Film Festival". juliesondradecker.com. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  14. ^ "6. Black Irony". Time. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  15. ^ "ALL STYLES". sho.com. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  16. ^ "ALL SKINFOLK AIN'T KINFOLK". docnyc.net. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  17. ^ "Queen Latifah to Star in and Exec Produce Teen Comedy "Paper Chase," Angela Tucker Directing". womenandhollywood.com. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  18. ^ "Upcoming 'AfroPop' Docuseries Designed To Give Audience A Unique Experience". baltimoretimes-online.com. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  19. ^ "Dreaming Nicaragua (Work in Progress)". idfa.nl. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  20. ^ "Pushing the Elephant". itvs.org. Retrieved 2019-07-28.

External links edit

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