Symone Baptiste
| Symone Baptiste | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | Director, producer |
| 📆 Years active | 2013–present |
Symone Baptiste is a film director, producer and a stand-up comedy booker in Los Angeles, California.
Baptiste's short directorial debut, Sixteen Thousand Dollars, won Programmers' Best Narrative Short at the 2020 Pan African Film Festival (Los Angeles)[1] and Best Comedy Short at the Queens (New York) World Film Festival.[2][3] Additionally, her film was an official selection for the 2020 Atlanta Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival, and nominated Best of Fest for the Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival (LADFF).[4][5][6]
Baptiste was also the Showrunner for season 1 of Call & Response a Funny or Die and Blavity Inc. project (hosted by Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle) responding to the changes and activism of our time. She produced and directed 10 episodes that featured notable Black thought-leaders, activists, and allies including Patrisse Cullors of the Black Lives Matter movement, Uzo Aduba, Jane Fonda, and Robert Townsend.
References
- ↑ "The Pan African Film Festival Wraps, Screening a Record-Breaking 225 Films, Representing 52 Countries in 26 Languages!". pitchengine.com. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
- ↑ "SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS by Symone Baptiste - Short Narrative Film @ Queens World Film Festival". www.queensworldfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
- ↑ "On Juneteenth, Comedic Project '16,000 Dollars' Wants To Analyze What Reparations Could Look Like". shadowandact.com. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ↑ "Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference Reveals New Dates and Official Selections for 2020 Event". Atlanta Film Festival. Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
- ↑ "The 31st Annual New Orleans Film Festival Celebrates Southern Voices". My New Orleans. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ↑ "Symone Baptiste "Sixteen Thousand Dollars" - Film Forward". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
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