Reinaldo Marcus Green
Reinaldo Marcus Green is an American director, producer and writer, best known for his 2018 film, Monsters and Men, which won the Special Jury Award for Outstanding First Feature at the Sundance Film Festival.[1][2][3] His next project was Joe Bell, produced by Jake Gyllenhaal and Cary Joji Fukunaga, and starring Mark Wahlberg, Connie Britton, and Maxwell Jenkins.[1]
In June 2019, it was announced he would be directing a biopic entitled King Richard, about tennis coach and father of American tennis players Venus and Serena Williams, Richard Williams, starring Will Smith in the titular role.[1][4] Green also directed the first three episodes of season three of the British television crime drama series, Top Boy.[1]
Biography[]
Green attended Port Richmond High School[5][6] in Staten Island, New York before attending NYU Tisch School of the Arts.[7]
Green was involved in athletics. He received a master's degree in education. He worked on Wall Street (at AIG) before, during, and after the financial crisis of 2007–2008.[8]
Green credits his filmmaker brother, , with starting his thinking on a film career.[8]
Green has been an adjunct teacher at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.[7]
Filmography[]
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Narrative pulls you into the issue. It implicates you in the action. Narrative has the power to put you into situations, rather than just show you situations. So you’re forced to ask yourself, What would I do? [...] And the power of fiction is that it lets us change the narrative. We can let people experience the happy ending we’re not getting in real life. Let them see what that feels like for a change. That’s the power of narrative storytelling here. It lets us break this brutal cycle of violent death. Film is a chance to change our fate. —Reinaldo Marcus Green[8]
Film[]
| Year | Film | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Stone Cars | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2015 | Stop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2018 | Monsters and Men | Yes | No | Yes | |
| 2020 | Joe Bell | Yes | No | No | |
| 2021 | King Richard | Yes | No | No |
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Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Television[]
| Year | Television show | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Top Boy | 3 episodes, Series 3 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d Kroll, Justin (2019-06-13). "Will Smith's 'King Richard' Movie Finds Director in 'Monsters and Men' Filmmaker". Variety. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ^ Clarke, Stewart; Clarke, Stewart (February 7, 2018). "Berlin: HanWay Boards Sundance Award Winner 'Monsters and Men'".
- ^ "Reinaldo Marcus Green". IMDb.
- ^ Obenson, Tambay; Obenson, Tambay (June 13, 2019). "'King Richard': Will Smith's Drama About Williams Sisters' Father Is His First Pairing With a Black Director".
- ^ https://statenislandarts.org/event/monsters-and-men-two-views/[dead link]
- ^ "Two Views: North Shore + Cinema Connex". downtownsi.nyc. Staten Island Arts. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Reinaldo M. Green". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Reinaldo Marcus Green on the Disarming Power of Fiction". Musicbed Blog. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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