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John Ridley
Producer, Writer, Director, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn October 1, 1964 (61 years)
John Ridley (born 1965 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American film director, actor, and writer. Ridley got his start as a stand-up comedian. He eventually was hired as a writer for sitcoms such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Martin. He began to concentrate on writing and wrote his first novel, Stray Dogs, which became the basis the 1997 film U Turn, directed by Oliver Stone. Ridley also provided the original script for the film Three Kings, starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube. But his script was changed so much by director David O. Russell that he only received a credit for the original story. He also tried his hand at directing with the film Cold Around the Heart. He is one of the creators of Urban Entertainment, showcasing short films and animation from minority filmmakers, including his own works: the animated cartoons Undercover Brother (the basis for the Undercover Brother film starring comedian Eddie Griffin) and Those Who Walk in Darkness, featuring the voice of rapper Lil' Kim — which itself was the basis of a novel of the same name written by Ridley. Additionally, Ridley developed Tim Story's 2002 motion picture Barbershop into the short-lived 2005 Showtime comedy Barbershop: The Series. Ridley was the original co-host on the MSNBC daily morning show Morning Joe upon its premiere in 2007, and was an occasional guest on the network's cancelled nightly program Scarborough Country. He hosted the short-lived Movie Club with John Ridley on American Movie Classics and has written The Authority and The American Way for DC Comics. He has recently become a regular guest commentator on American Public Media's Weekend America in a segment called "Good News, Bad News, No News" which reviews the week's news. He co-produced the film Bobby. He wrote the play Ten Thousand Years about kamikaze pilots in World War II. On the weekend of August 19, 2006, John co-hosted the syndicated program Ebert & Roeper while film critic Roger Ebert was on medical leave. On August 28, 2007, it was announced that George Lucas hired him to pen the script for his upcoming World War II film Red Tails. Currently (December, 2009) Ridley is head writer and co-executive producer of The Wanda Sykes Show.
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Known For
John Ridley Filmography
| 2024 | |
| 2022 | Five Days at Memorial (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Needle in a Timestack · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | |
| 2017 | Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Guerrilla (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Ben-Hur · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | American Crime (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Out of the Furnace · as Co-Producer |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Jimi: All Is by My Side · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | Bobby · as Co-Producer |
| 2005 | Barbershop (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Platinum (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2002 | Undercover Brother · as Executive Producer |
| 1999 | Three Kings · as Co-Producer |
| 1999 | Third Watch (TV Series) · as Consulting Producer |
| 1997 | U Turn · as Executive Producer |
| 1993 | The John Larroquette Show (TV Series) · as Co-Producer |
| 2024 | |
| 2022 | Five Days at Memorial (TV Series) |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Guerrilla (TV Series) |
| 2016 | Ben-Hur · as Screenplay |
| 2015 | American Crime (TV Series) |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave · as Screenplay |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | Red Tails · as Screenplay |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | Platinum (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Undercover Brother · as Screenplay |
| 2001 | Justice League (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Static Shock (TV Series) |
| 1999 | Third Watch (TV Series) |
| 1998 | Trinity (TV Series) |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Team Knight Rider (TV Series) |
| 1997 | U Turn · as Screenplay |
| 1993 | The John Larroquette Show (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Martin (TV Series) |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series) |
| 2023 | Superpowered: The DC Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | DC FanDome 2021 · as Self |
| 2021 | Soul of a Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Lady Dynamite (TV Series) · as John Ridley |
| 2015 | The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2015 | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2014 | The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2014 | 2014 EE British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2014 | 19th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2014 | 71st Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2013 | The Hollywood Reporter Roundtables (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Real Daytime (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | On Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Heckler · as Self |
| 2007 | Morning Joe (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | NOW (TV Series) · as Self - Commentator (segment "john Ridley") |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series) · as John Ridley |
| 1986 | At The Movies (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Host |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self - Exec Producer, American Crime |
| 1981 | An Evening At the Improv (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2024 | |
| 2022 | Five Days at Memorial (TV Series) |
| 2021 | |
| 2019 | Godfather of Harlem (TV Series) |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Guerrilla (TV Series) |
| 2015 | American Crime (TV Series) |
| 2013 | |
| 2005 | Barbershop (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Platinum (TV Series) |
| 1997 |
| 2013 | The 25, 000 Mile Love Story · as Narrator |
| 2011 | Phunny Business: A Black Comedy · as Narrator |
| 1992 | Martin (TV Series) · as Man With Car |
| 2014 | Cell Block H (TV Series) · as Original Story |
| 2009 | The Wanda Sykes Show (TV Series) · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 2009 | The Wanda Sykes Show (TV Series) · as Head Writer |
| 2005 | Barbershop (TV Series) · as Creator |
| 1999 | Three Kings · as Story |