Rick Famuyiwa (born June 18, 1973) is an American filmmaker and television director. He is best known for the films The Wood (1999), Brown Sugar (2002)...

produces alongside Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson; Rick Famuyiwa joined them for the third season. The title was announced in October...

attached to the film over the following years, with Seth Grahame-Smith, Rick Famuyiwa, and the duo of Daley and Goldstein all departing the project over creative...

comedy drama film directed by Rick Famuyiwa and starring Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones and Taye Diggs. It was written by Famuyiwa and Todd Boyd. Roland is getting...

Bryce Dallas Howard, Rick Famuyiwa, and co-star Carl Weathers all directed episodes after doing so for previous seasons, with Famuyiwa also being promoted...

following year in April. Over the next two years, Seth Grahame-Smith and Rick Famuyiwa had individually dropped out as director due to creative differences...

by showrunner Jon Favreau and directed by series executive producer Rick Famuyiwa. It was released on Disney+ on March 1, 2023. The episode received generally...

in February 2020 that the second season would premiere that October. Rick Famuyiwa was returning as a director by August 2019, but Taika Waititi was not...

In June 2016, it was revealed that Rick Famuyiwa would be taking the helm as a director for The Flash. Famuyiwa posted a photo on his Instagram page...

2015 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa and produced by Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi. It stars Shameik...

from youth to adulthood, the debut effort from director-screenwriter Rick Famuyiwa co-starred Richard T. Jones and Taye Diggs. Also in 1999, Epps was featured...

in Disney's Full Court Miracle (2003), Laveinio "Slim" Hightower in Rick Famuyiwa's coming-of-age film The Wood (1999), Mike in Tyler Perry's dramatic...

written by showrunner Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, and directed by Rick Famuyiwa. It was released on Disney+ on April 12, 2023, and received positive...

Production Executive producers Lena Waithe Common Elwood Reid Aaron Kaplan Rick Famuyiwa Ayanna Floyd Davis Justin Hillian Jet Wilkinson Shelby Stone Derek Dudley...

(Nominated) Outstanding Writing for a Motion Picture: Michael Genet & Rick Famuyiwa (Winner) Independent Spirit Awards Best Male Lead: Don Cheadle (Nominated)...

Family Wedding is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed by Rick Famuyiwa. It stars Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera, Carlos Mencia, Diana-Maria...

Gilroy to ask if he was interested in joining the series. In July 2019, Rick Famuyiwa was in early talks to direct several episodes after doing the same for...

American television series The Mandalorian. It was written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa. It was released on Disney+ on December 11, 2020 and received generally...

Mandalorian. It was written by showrunner Jon Favreau and directed by Rick Famuyiwa. It was released on Disney+ on April 19, 2023, and received positive...

were the studios adapting The Hate U Give to film. In February 2019, Rick Famuyiwa was announced as the director. Adeyemi has said her dream cast would...

the next day, including Filoni, Taika Waititi, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rick Famuyiwa, and Deborah Chow. Favreau was unable to direct any of the first season...

have produced Fruitvale Station (2013) by Ryan Coogler, Dope (2015) by Rick Famuyiwa, Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015) by Chloe Zhao, Roxanne Roxanne (2017)...

the Spike Lee film Get on the Bus, in Tales from the Hood and in the Rick Famuyiwa film The Wood. Between 2019–2023 he had a recurring role on the television...

American romantic comedy film written by Michael Elliott and Rick Famuyiwa, directed by Famuyiwa, and starring Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan. The film is a...

is a 2016 American television political thriller film, directed by Rick Famuyiwa and written by Susannah Grant. It is about Clarence Thomas's Supreme...

television series The Mandalorian. It was written by Rick Famuyiwa and Christopher Yost, with Famuyiwa also directing it. The episode takes place in the...

Flash, but the project was delayed due to the departure of director Rick Famuyiwa. Despite this, she was still slated to appear in the Justice League...

Year Title Role Director Notes 2002 Brown Sugar Co-Worker Rick Famuyiwa 2005 Trust the Man Rand Bart Freundlich Stay Frederick / Devon Marc Forster 2008...

Rebels character Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios, and directors Deborah Chow, Rick Famuyiwa, and Dave Filoni reprised their roles as New Republic pilots Sash Ketter...

fifth director to have been attached to The Flash (Seth Grahame-Smith, Rick Famuyiwa, John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein had previously been attached...