Warrington Hudlin Biography (1953-)

Full name, Warrington W. Hudlin, Jr.; born 1953, in East St. Louis, IL; son of Warrington Sr. (a schoolteacher and insurance executive) and Helen (a teacher; maiden name, Cason) Hudlin; brother of Reginald Hudlin (an actor, director, writer, and producer). Addresses: Office: Black Filmmakers Foundation, 375 Greenwich St., New York, NY 10013-2338; Hudlin Bros. Productions, Tribeca Film Center, 375 Greenwich St., New York, NY 10013-2376.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, producer, writer, actor

Birth Details

1953

East St. Louis, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Producer and director, Black at Yale: A Film Diary (documentary),1974
• Producer and director, Street Corner Stories, 1977
• Producer and director, The Capoeira of Brazil (documentary), 1980
• Producer, House Party, New Line Cinema, 1990
• Producer, Boomerang, Paramount, 1992
• (With Reginald Hudlin) Executive producer, Bebe's Kids (animated;also known as Robin Harris' Bebe's Kids), Paramount, 1992
• Producer, Ride, Miramax, 1998
• Associate producer, Corporate Dawgz, DV Republic, 2002
• Film Appearances
• Second crook, House Party, New Line Cinema, 1990
• Street hustler, Boomerang, Paramount, 1992
• Reporter #2, Posse, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1993
• Television Work
• Specials
• Producer and director, Color, 1983
• Director and executive producer, "The First Commandment," Cosmic Slop, HBO, 1994
• Pilots
• Executive producer, The Last Days of Russell, ABC, 1995
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Himself, Acapulco Black Film Festival, Starz!, 2000
• Episodic
• Guest, Dialogue with Black Filmmakers, Black Entertainment Television, 1992
• WRITINGS
• Television Specials
• "The First Commandment," Cosmic Slop, HBO, 1994

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 9, Gale Research, 1995

• Black Enterprise, February, 2001, p. 207
• Essence, February, 1990, p. 40
• Film Comment, May/June, 1990, p. 65