Event Details
Tuesday September 29, 2020 6:00 pmvia Zoom
Presented by newly formed WGAE Black Writers Salon.
The Black Writers Salon invites all WGAE members to an informal conversation with Reginald Hudlin about his career, lessons learned from working across genres and mediums, the current state of Black storytelling, and more. The conversation will be moderated by Marc Theobald (The Last O.G.)
Reginald Hudlin is a writer, director, producer, and pioneer of the modern black film movement, helming some of the most influential films and TV series of his generation.
In 2012, he was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award as one of the producers of Quentin Tarantino’s Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film Django Unchained, one of the top-grossing Westerns of all time.
In his more than 30-year career, Hudlin has written, directed and/or produced numerous popular feature films including House Party (1990), Boomerang (1992) and Bebe’s Kids (1992). Hudlin was also an executive producer and writer of the animated TV series Black Panther and executive producer of The Boondocks. Along with the original founding members, Hudlin revived the beloved comic book company Milestone Media.
As Black Entertainment Television’s first president of entertainment (2005-2009), Hudlin shepherded some of the network’s biggest hits, including Sunday Best, BET Honors and The BET Hip Hop Awards. He also built BET’s profitable home entertainment division and revamped the network’s news division, which went on to win more than a dozen awards during that period.
His most recent work includes 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, The Black Godfather (2019), Emperor (2020), and Marshall (2017).
The Black Writers Salon is organized by WGAE members Geri Cole, Rashidi Hendrix, and Marc Theobald.
Have a question about WGAE Salons? Email bfryer@wgaeast.org.