Rick Famuyiwa

Rick Famuyiwa: Biography in Details

Who is Rick Famuyiwa?

Rick Famuyiwa is a Nigerian-American screenwriter, film director, and producer.

He is famous for the works he did in movies like The Woods, Talks to Me, and Dope. He is also a member of the Director’s Guild of America.

Rick Famuyiwa: Birth Facts, Family, Childhood

The son of Nigerian immigrants Rick Famuyiwa was born on 18 June 1973. He is of African-American ethnicity and has a Nigerian-American nationality.

His mother and father’s details are unknown. Rick Famuyiwa is a first-generation American who was raised in Los Angeles, California.

In which school did Rick Famuyiwa attend?

After completing high school Rick Famuyiwa joined the University of Southern California where he double majored in Cinematic Arts Film & Television Production and Cinematic Arts Critical Studies.

Attending the University of Southern California he got a chance to work with a film professor who helped him to write and produce his first film.

Rick Famuyiwa: Professional Life, Career

Talking about the career journey of Rick Famuyiwa has been active in the industry since 1999 and is still currently engaged with it.

He rose to fame with his first feature film ‘The Wood’ which is mostly based on a semi-autobiography of his upbringing in Inglewood.

Rick Famuyiwa said, “It’s not a complete autobiography of me. I mean, a kind of small portion of it is real and I just made that up bigger. It’s definitely based on me and my best friend.”

On 11 October 2002, Rick Famuyiwa released his next movie ‘Brown Sugar’ which gained massive success nationwide. Since then he started being engaged in numerous movies writing and direction.

Besides these, he has worked on several movies which include Talk to Me(2007), Our Family Wedding(2010), Dope(2015), and Confirmation(2016).

Rick Famuyiwa: Salary, Net Worth

Rick Famuyiwa has a net worth of $1.5 million as of 2023, but his salary is unknown.

Rumors, Controversy

Famous director and writer Rick Famuyiwa was rumored to be keeping an eye on DC movies.

What are the body measurements of Rick Famuyiwa?

Moving towards his body measurements, Rick Famuyiwa has a good height of 6 feet 4 inches (1.93m).

Rick Famuyiwa has black hair color and his eye color is also black. There is no information about his shoe size and body weight.

Social Media Profile

Rick Famuyiwa is active on Instagram and Twitter but he is not active on Facebook. Rick Famuyiwa has more than 20.1k followers on Twitter and more than 25.8k followers on Instagram.

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