Darren Grant

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Darren Grant
Born1969 [1]
Seattle, Washington, U.S
OccupationDirector
Years active1997–present

Darren Grant is an American television, film and music video director. He has directed over eighty music videos for mostly R&B and hip hop artists. In 2005, Grant directed his debut film Diary of a Mad Black Woman . [2] In 2008, he directed the film Make It Happen starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead. [3]

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Life and career

Grant was born and raised in Seattle, Washington and graduated from Sammamish High School in Bellevue, Washington. [1] He later graduated from the California State University, Northridge and began directing music videos and commercials for Destiny's Child, Aaliyah, Brian McKnight, Deborah Cox, Jermaine Dupri and other artists. [1] Grant has been awarded the MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video for Destiny Child's video for "Survivor" and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video for "Stomp" for Kirk Franklin. [1]

In 2005, Grand made his feature directorial debut with comedy-drama film Diary of a Mad Black Woman written by Tyler Perry. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics, but was commercially successful, grossing $50.6 million in North America against a $5.5 million budget. [4] In 2008 he directed dance film Make It Happen . In 2017 he directed action comedy Killing Hasselhoff . [5] In 2021, Grand directed Wendy Williams: The Movie for Lifetime. [6]

On television, Grand directed more than 30 television dramas, include episodes of Saints & Sinners , Supernatural , Suits , Empire , Queen of the South , Wu-Tang: An American Saga , God Friended Me , The Chi , Your Honor and Billions . At the 1st Children's and Family Emmy Awards, Grand received nomination for Outstanding Children's or Family Viewing Series for producing Raising Dion . [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Darren Grant biography and filmography | Darren Grant movies". Tribute.
  2. ↑ "Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 2009-05-20.
  3. ↑ "Mary Elizabeth Winstead set to "Make It Happen" in Burlesque Flick". RottenTomatoes.com. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
  4. ↑ "Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Staff, ComicMix (July 13, 2017). "Killing Hasselhoff Bypasses Theaters, Comes Home in August | ComicMix". www.comicmix.com.
  6. ↑ Petski, Nellie Andreeva,Denise; Andreeva, Nellie; Petski, Denise (September 3, 2020). "Ciera Payton & Morocco Omari To Play Wendy Williams & Kevin Hunter In Lifetime Biopic; Darren Grant To Direct".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CAFE-Nominations-with-Credits-FINAL.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
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