Hudlin, Reginald 1961- (Reggie Hudlin)

PERSONAL

Full name, Reginald Alan Hudlin; born December 15, 1961, in Centerville, MO (some sources cite Centerville, IL); son of Warrington W., Sr., (a teacher and insurance executive) and Helen (a teacher; maiden name, Cason) Hudlin; brother of Warrington Hudlin (a producer, director, and actor); married Chrisette Suter, November 30, 2002. Education: Harvard University, B.A. (cum laude), 1983.

Addresses:

Office—BET Networks, One BET Plaza, 1235 W Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20018. Agent—Paradigm, 360 North Crescent Dr., North Bldg., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager—3 Arts Entertainment, 9460 Wilshire Blvd., 7th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Director, writer, producer, and actor. Illinois State Arts Council, artist-in-residence, 1984-85; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, visiting film lecturer, 1985-86; Olgivy and Mather Advertising Agency, New York City, copywriter, 1986; Hudlin Bros. Inc., New York City, founder (with brother Warrington Hudlin) and president, 1986-?; Hudlin Bros. Records, founder (with Warrington Hudlin), 1996-?; Black Entertainment Television (BET), president and chief programming executive, 2005—; with Warrington Hudlin has produced music videos for such groups as Heavy D and the Boyz.

Awards, Honors:

Student Academy Award—New England region, best film, 1983, for House Party (short); Best Film Award, Black Cinema Society, 1984; named National Endowment for the Arts fellow, 1985; Lillian Award, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 1990; Filmmakers Trophy—dramatic, Cinematography Award—dramatic, and Grand Jury Prize nomination—dramatic, all Sundance Film Festival, Critics Award nomination, Deauville Film Festival, all 1990, and Independent Spirit Award nominations, best director and best first feature (with Warrington Hudlin), 1991, all for House Party (feature-length); recipient of Key to City of Newark, NJ, 1990; named to Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, 1990; Clarence Muse Award, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, 1991; Starlight Award, Black American Cinema Society, 1993; CableACE Award (with others), best dramatic or theatrical special, 1995, for Cosmic Slop; Black Cinema Award, Deep Ellum Film Festival, 2001; received grants from the Black Filmmakers Foundation.

CREDITS

Film Director:

House Party! (short), 1983.

The Kold Waves (short), 1984.

Reggie's World of Soul (short), 1985.

House Party, New Line Cinema, 1990.

Boomerang, Paramount, 1992.

The Great White Hype, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996.

The Ladies Man (also known as The Ladies' Man), Paramount, 2000.

Servicing Sara (also known as Mann umstandehalber abzugeben! Oder: Scheiden ist suB and Scheiden ist suB), Paramount, 2001.

Other Film Work:

(As Reggie Hudlin) Sound, "Dr. Dobermind," Fright Show (also known as Cinemagic), 1985.

Executive producer (with Warrington Hudlin), Bebe's Kids (animated; also known as Robin Harris' "Bebe's Kids"), Paramount, 1992.

Producer, Ride, Miramax/Dimension Films, 1998.

Director, Robin Harris: Live from the Comedy Act Theater, Visual Arts Entertainment, 2006.

Film Appearances:

(As Reggie Hudlin) Dog 4, She's Gotta Have It, Island Pictures, 1986.

Burglar number one, House Party, New Line Cinema, 1990.

Street hustler, Boomerang, Paramount, 1992.

Reporter 31, Posse, Gramercy Pictures, 1993.

Voice of Rodney Roach, Joe's Apartment, Warner Bros., 1996.

Aloysius, The Ladies Man (also known as The Ladies' Man), Paramount, 2000.

Himself, We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story (documentary), 2006.

Television Work; Series:

Producer, The Bernie Mac Show, Fox, 2003-2006.

Executive producer, The Boondocks (animated), Cartoon Network, 2005-2007.

Television Work; Movies:

Worked as executive producer and director, Bat Out of Hell, HBO.

Television Work; Specials:

Director, Cosmic Slop, HBO, 1994.

Executive producer and director, The Last Days of Russell, 1995.

Executive producer and director, Richard Pryor: The Funniest Man Dead or Alive, Black Entertainment Television, 2005.

Network executive producer, Bring That Year Back 2006: Laugh Now, Cry Later, Black Entertainment Television, 2006.

Television Work; Pilots:

Director, Everybody Hates Chris, UPN, 2005.

Executive producer and director, Wifey, Black Entertainment Television, 2007.

Television Director; Episodic:

"When Worlds Colitis," City of Angels, CBS, 2000.

The Bernie Mac Show, Fox, 2001.

Everybody Hates Chris, UPN, 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Canned Ham: The Ladies Man, Comedy Central, 2000.

Acapulco Black Film Festival, HBO, 2000.

America Beyond the Color Line with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (also known as American Beyond the Color Line), 2002.

(As Reggie Hudlin) Heroes of Black Comedy, 2002.

It's Black Entertainment, Showtime, 2002.

Intimate Portrait: Tisha Campbell-Martin, Lifetime, 2002.

Made You Look: Top 25 Moments of BET History, Black Entertainment Television, 2005.

Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under Groove, PBS, 2005.

Bring Back That Year 2006: Laugh Now, Cry Later, Black Entertainment Television, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Dialogue with Black Filmmakers, 1992.

Tavis Smiley, PBS, 2004.

Dennis Miller, CNBC, 2005.

Showbiz Tonight, CNN, 2005.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

House Party! (short), 1983.

The Kold Waves (short), 1984.

Reggie's World of Soul (short), 1985.

House Party, New Line Cinema, 1990.

Bebe's Kids (animated; also known as Robin Harris' "Bebe's Kids"), Paramount, 1992.

Robin Harris: Live from the Comedy Act Theater, Visual Arts Entertainment, 2006.

Film Songs:

"I Ain't Havin It," "Straight Jackin " and "Freedom Song," Bebe's Kids (animated; also known as Robin Harris' Bebe's Kids), Paramount, 1992.

Television Specials:

The Last Days of Russell, 1995.

Television Episodes:

The Boondooks (animated), Cartoon Network, 2005-2007.

Comic Books/Graphic Novels:

(With Aaron McGruder and Kyle Baker) Birth of a Nation, Crown, 2004.

Black Panther, Marvel Comics, 2004-2005.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Black Biography, Vol. 9, Gale Research, 1995.

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, July 23, 2004, p. 81.

Essence, November, 2005, p. 86.

Film Comment, May/June, 1990, pp. 65-69.

Newsweek, December 26, 2001, p. 21.

New York Times, July 26, 1992, pp. H9, H12-13.