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Reginald Hudlin

{{short description|American filmmaker}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Reginald Hudlin

| image = 10.5.17ReginaldHudlinByLuigiNovi1.jpg

| alt = Reginald Hudlin seated at a table for a public talk

| caption = Hudlin in 2017

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|12|15}}

| birth_place = Centreville, Illinois, U.S.

| occupation = Film director, writer, producer

| years_active = 1983–present

| known_for = House Party
Django Unchained
Boomerang

| spouse = {{marriage|Chrisette Suter|November 30, 2002}}

| children = 2

| relatives = Warrington Hudlin (brother)

}}

Reginald Alan Hudlin{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=BcWHdpRoDkUC&dq=reginald+hudlin+born+1961&pg=PA99|title=African Americans in the Visual Arts| first=Steven|last=Otfinoski|year=2014|isbn=9781438107776|publisher=Facts On File|page=99}} (born December 15, 1961) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. Along with his older brother Warrington Hudlin, he is known as one of the Hudlin Brothers.{{cite journal|last1=Hudlin|first1=Reginald|last2=Hudlin|first2=Warrington|last3=Glicksman|first3=Marlaine|title=They Gotta Have It|journal=Film Comment|date=May 1990|volume=26|issue=3|pages=65–69|jstor=43454842}} {{Closed access}} From 2005 to 2008, Hudlin was President of Entertainment for Black Entertainment Television (BET). Hudlin has also written numerous graphic novels. He co-produced the 88th Academy Awards ceremony in 2016 as well as other TV specials.

Hudlin's breakout film was 1990's House Party.{{cite journal|last1=Hudlin|first1=Reginald|last2=Hudlin|first2=Warrington|last3=Kantor|first3=Michael|title=Tearing the Roof Off the Sucker: An Interview with Reginald and Warrington Hudlin|journal=Cinéaste|date=1990|volume=18|issue=1|pages=22–23|jstor=41687018}} {{Closed access}} He also directed the 1992 film Boomerang. Alongside Warrington, he executive produced the 1994 anthology television film Cosmic Slop, and directed the first of the film's three segments, "Space Traders". Hudlin worked as a producer on the 2012 film Django Unchained, directed by Quentin Tarantino, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.{{Cite web |last=Sebastian |date=2013-01-10 |title=Django Unchained nominated for 5 Oscars |url=https://www.tarantino.info/2013/01/django-unchained-nominated-for-5-oscars/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=The Quentin Tarantino Archives |language=en-US}}

Early life

Hudlin was born in Centreville, Illinois, the son of two teachers.{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ZAQAQAAQBAJ&dq=reginald+hudlin+born&pg=PA234|last1=Donalson|first1=Melvin Burke|title=Black Directors in Hollywood|date=2003|publisher=University of Texas Press|location=Austin|isbn=978-0-292-79875-5|chapter=Chapter 9: Not Without Laughter: Directors of Comedy and Romance, Chapter 10: Off the Hook: Comedy and Romance with a Hip-Hop Flavor|oclc=55731956}}{{rp|234}} Hudlin's older brother, Warrington Hudlin, is also a film director, as well as an actor and producer.

The Hudlins grew up in East St. Louis, Illinois, where the family had deep roots.{{cite news|last1=Greenberg|first1=James|title=In Hollywood, Black Is In|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/04/movies/in-hollywood-black-is-in.html|work=The New York Times|date= March 4, 1990}} The Hudlin Brothers are paternal great-great-grandsons of Peter and Nancy Hudlin, who were part of the Underground Railroad. Their great uncle was tennis instructor Richard A. Hudlin, who mentored Arthur Ashe and Althea Gibson.{{cite news|last1=Franklin|first1=Donald E.|title=Its History Rides on the Underground Railroad|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=February 27, 2000|location=St. Louis|page=C.1|issn=1930-9600|id={{ProQuest|40400223}}}} {{Closed access}}

The Hudlins attended Katherine Dunham's Center for the Performing Arts, an experimental school, Warrington for high school and Reginald for after school martial arts classes.{{cite news|last1=Elliott|first1=Debbie|last2=Dryden|first2=Jim|last3=Dunham|first3=Katherine| title=Katherine Dunham Helped Teach the World to Dance|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5436144|publisher=NPR|date= May 27, 2006|language=en|format=Audio interview}} Hudlin has said that the experience was formative, and led to his older brother attending Yale University, and his attending Harvard University. In 1979, Hudlin graduated from Assumption Catholic High School in East St. Louis.{{cite news|title=Metro East native Reginald Hudlin receives Oscar nod for 'Django'|url=http://www.stlamerican.com/entertainment/living_it/metro-east-native-reginald-hudlin-receives-oscar-nod-for-django/article_a4377664-5bfa-11e2-83ac-001a4bcf887a.html|work=The St. Louis American|date=January 11, 2013|language=en}}

While an undergraduate at Harvard University, Hudlin directed his thesis project, a short film called House Party, which received numerous awards including first place at the Black American Cinema Society Awards.{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=Kevin|title=Winning Black Videos, Films Highlight Youth|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-27-ca-762-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 27, 1986|access-date=April 8, 2022}} The film was inspired by his experience growing up in East St. Louis. In 1983, Hudlin graduated magna cum laude from Harvard with a B.A. in Visual and Environmental Studies.{{cite news|title=The Reginald Hudlin Story|url=http://hudlinentertainment.com/about-me/the-reginald-hudlin-story/|publisher=Hudlin Entertainment|language=en}} His short film thesis was the basis for his first feature film, House Party.{{cite news|last1=$hort|first1=Too|last2=Loco|first2=Bobby|title=Writer / Director Reginald Hudlin|url=https://www.podcastone.com/episode/Writer-/-Director-Reginald-Hudlin-1718434-1|work=Too $hort's Boombox|publisher=PodcastOne|date=March 8, 2017|format=Audio podcast}}

Career

After college, Hudlin and his brother formed a production company and made music videos for such artists as Heavy D, Jamaica Boys, and others.{{rp|234}} They additionally created the "Hey Love" 1980s TV commercial for a various-artists compilation record, that played regularly on late night TV.{{cite news|last1=Gross|first1=Terry|title=Fresh Air with Terry Gross, July 10, 1992: Interview with Warrington Hudlin and Reginald Hudlin|url=http://39ea54ff11b298f9bcaa-1b99eba380497722926169d6da8b098e.r2.cf5.rackcdn.com/1992/FA19920710.mp3|work=Fresh Air|publisher=NPR|date=July 10, 1992|format=Audio, starts at 36:13|oclc=971502139}}{{cite web|title="Hey Love" 1980s TV Commercial – No My Brother| website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AqVtTVbZms |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/8AqVtTVbZms |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|date=1980s}}{{cbignore}}

Hudlin directed—with older brother Warrington producing—his first feature-length film, 1990's low-budget teen hip-hop comedy House Party, which starred Kid 'n Play. One of the messages of the film was its promotion of safe sex. The film, distributed by New Line Cinema, was, according to Variety, one of the most profitable films of the decade.{{cite news|last1=Hudlin|first1=Reginald|title=If It's a Question of Money...|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-10-ca-18434-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 10, 2000|access-date=April 8, 2022}} New Line wanted to make sequels, but the Hudlins did not feel the compensation or deals were adequate.{{cite book|last1=Alexander|first1=George|title=Why We Make Movies: Black Filmmakers Talk About the Magic of Cinema|date=2003|publisher=Harlem Moon|location=New York|isbn=978-0-307-41959-0|chapter=Reginald Hudlin|oclc=53445264}}{{rp|446}}

Hudlin directed 1992's Boomerang, again with older brother Warrington producing. The film was a big-budget romantic comedy that starred Eddie Murphy, who had a term deal at Paramount Pictures and hired the Hudlin Brothers because he liked House Party. It starred an all-black cast that included Robin Givens, Halle Berry, Martin Lawrence, David Alan Grier, and Chris Rock.{{cite news|last1=Dowd|first1=Maureen|title=FILM; He's Never Been Happier, or More Glum|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/28/movies/film-he-s-never-been-happier-or-more-glum.html?pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|date=June 28, 1992}} Boomerang was based on an original idea by Murphy and was written by Saturday Night Live writers Barry W. Blaustein and David Sheffield.{{cite news|last1=Morales|first1=Wilson|title=Exclusive: Director Reginald Hudlin talks Boomerang 20 Years Later, Black Panther, and producing Django Unchained|url= http://www.blackfilm.com/read/2012/07/director-reginald-hudlin-talks-boomerang-20-years-later-black-panther-django-unchained/|publisher=BlackFilm.com|date=July 1, 2012}}

A celebration of the 25th anniversary of Boomerang's release was held on July 1, 2017, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., with a conversation between Hudlin and producer George Alexander.{{cite news|last1=House|first1=Jermaine|last2=Hernandez|first2= Shrita|title=African Americans and the Advertising Industry Series Leads the National Museum of African American History and Culture July Programming|url= https://nmaahc.si.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/news/july_2017_public_programs_release_17.374.pdf|publisher=National Museum of African American History and Culture|date=June 29, 2017|format=Press release}}{{cite news|last1=Ekokobe|first1=Reggie|title=Exclusive: Director Reginald Hudlin talks 'Boomerang' 25 Years Later, 'Marshall,' and More|url=http://fkbonline.com/exclusive-director-reginald-hudlin-talks-boomerang-25-years-later-marshall-and-more/|publisher=First Klass Breakfast|date=July 1, 2017}}

In 1992, while making Boomerang, Hudlin wrote the animated film, Bebe's Kids, which was championed by Paramount's Brandon Tartikoff, and was made in memory of comedian Robin Harris, who had died in 1990.

In 1994, the Hudlin Brothers produced the HBO anthology television film Cosmic Slop, of which Hudlin directed the segment "Space Traders". The segment is an adaptation of the short story "The Space Traders" by Derrick Bell, found in Bell's book Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism.{{cite news|last1=Meisler|first1=Andy|title=Using Fun to Show Blacks to Whites|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/07/arts/using-fun-to-show-blacks-to-whites.html|work=The New York Times|date=November 7, 1994}}{{cite book|last1=Bell|first1= Derrick|title=Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism|date=1992|publisher=Basic Books|location=New York City, New York|isbn=978-0-786-72323-2|pages=158–194|chapter=Chapter 9: The Space Trader|oclc=904402741}}

He then directed The Great White Hype, The Ladies Man, Serving Sara (2002), two episodes of the TV series Modern Family, an episode of The Office, an episode of The Middle, and several episodes of Outsourced. He was also a recurring producer and director of The Bernie Mac Show for three years.

From 2005 to 2008, Hudlin was the President of Entertainment for BET. Notable shows shepherded by Hudlin at that time included the documentary series American Gangster and Sunday Best, a gospel-music singing-competition show. Hudlin created The BET Honors and the BET Hip Hop Awards.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

Hudlin wrote the Marvel Comics series Black Panther from 2005 to 2008, including the 2006 storyline "Bride of the Panther," which saw the character marry X-Men leader Storm.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

Hudlin was a producer of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, starring Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson. On January 10, 2013, Hudlin received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for the film.{{cite news|last1=Dowell|first1=Masha|title=Interview: Reginald Hudlin On His Oscar Journey, Working w/ RZA, Directing Again, More|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2013/02/interview-reginald-hudlin-on-his-oscar-journey-working-w-rza-directing-again-more-233596/|work=IndieWire|date=February 14, 2013}}

Since 2013, Hudlin has been executive producer of the NAACP Image Awards.

In 2014, Hudlin produced the Black Movie Soundtrack celebration of Black music in movies, held at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl and hosted by Craig Robinson. Black Movie Soundtrack II, also hosted by Robinson, was held in 2016.{{cite news|last1=Gardner|first1=Chris|title=Oscar Producer Plans Second 'Black Movie Soundtrack' at the Hollywood Bowl|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/black-movie-soundtrack-returns-hollywood-868495/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 25, 2016|access-date=April 8, 2022}}

In 2015, DC Comics announced that Hudlin and artists Denys Cowan and Derek Dingle would be part of the relaunch of the publisher's Milestone Media imprint, founded by Cowan, Dingle and Dwayne McDuffie.{{cite news|last1=Betancourt|first1=David|title= Exclusive: Milestone Media rises again. Hudlin, Cowan and Dingle will revive company with eye toward characters of color|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/01/21/exclusive-milestone-media-rises-again-hudlin-cowan-and-dingle-will-revive-company-with-eye-toward-characters-of-color/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date= January 21, 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Obenson|first1=Tambay A.|title=Watch: Reginald Hudlin and Denys Cowan Talk Milestone 2.0 |url=https://shadowandact.com/watch-reginald-hudlin-and-denys-cowan-talk-milestone-2-0|work=Indiewire|date= August 4, 2015|access-date=April 8, 2022}} The comic line returned in September 2020 with the Hudlin-penned Milestone Returns #0.{{Cite web |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/milestone-returns-0-previews-in-three-weeks-from-dc-fandome-for-free/ |title=Milestone Returns #0 Previews in Three Weeks from DC Fandome for Free |first=Rich |last=Johnston |author-link=Rich Johnston |work=Bleeding Cool |date=August 23, 2020 |access-date=September 12, 2020 |language=en-GB}}

In 2015, Hudlin joined the board of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a non-profit organization founded in 1986 chartered to protect the First Amendment rights of the comics community.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/reginald-hudlin-joins-cbldf-board-of-directors/|title=Reginald Hudlin Joins CBLDF Board of Directors|last=Melrose|first=Kevin|date=March 11, 2015|website=Comic Book Resources|access-date=July 4, 2020}}

By June 2017, Hudlin had been hired to direct a movie based on the comic Shadowman.{{cite news|last1=McMillan|first1=Graeme|title=Reginald Hudlin to Direct Valiant's Supernatural Superhero Movie 'Shadowman' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/reginald-hudlin-direct-valiants-supernatural-superhero-movie-shadowman-1012174/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 13, 2017|access-date=April 8, 2022}} That October, Hudlin's film Marshall, about Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American U.S. Supreme Court justice, starring Chadwick Boseman, was released.{{cite news|last1=Hipes|first1=Patrick| title=Open Road Acquires Thurgood Marshall Biopic Starring Chadwick Boseman|url= https://deadline.com/2016/06/marshall-movie-chadwick-boseman-open-road-1201769820/|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 9, 2016}}

Hudlin contributed a story to the Black Panther Annual #1, released in February 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/iconic-creators-return-to-wakanda-in-this-black-panther-1823047658|title=Iconic creators return to Wakanda in this Black Panther Annual exclusive|last=Sava|first=Oliver|date= February 15, 2018|work=The A.V. Club|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613015133/https://www.avclub.com/iconic-creators-return-to-wakanda-in-this-black-panther-1823047658 |archive-date= June 13, 2018|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}} By July the following year, Hudlin had been hired to direct the Walt Disney Pictures film Safety for Disney+.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/reginald-hudlin-direct-sports-drama-disney-1224116/|title='Django Unchained' Producer Reginald Hudlin to Direct Sports Drama for Disney+ (Exclusive)|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 12, 2019|access-date=April 8, 2022|first= Borys|last= Kit}}

In June 2021, the French website LivresHebdo said Reginald Hudlin is to direct a movie based on the comics {{ill|Cinq branches de coton noir|fr}}, written by Yves Sente and drawn by {{ill|Steve Cuzor|fr}}.{{cite web|author=Dahlia Girgis|title="Cinq branches de coton noir" adapté au cinéma |work=LivresHebdo|date=June 30, 202|url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/cinq-branches-de-coton-noir-adapte-au-cinema}}

On July 12, 2021, it was announced that Hudlin along with Ian Stewart will the executive producers for the 73rd Emmy Awards which will have a live audience on September 19, 2021, on CBS.{{cite web |last1=McCarthy |first1=Tyler |title=2021 Emmy Awards announce Cedric the Entertainer as host ahead of nominations |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2021-emmy-awards-announce-cedric-the-entertainer-as-host-ahead-of-nominations |website=Fox News |access-date=15 July 2021 |date=12 July 2021}}{{cite web |title=The "73rd Emmy Awards" to Return With Live Audience and Cedric the Entertainer As Host for Broadcast on CBS, Sunday, Sept. 19 |url=https://www.emmys.com/news/awards-news/emmy-host-210712 |website=Television Academy |access-date=15 July 2021 |language=en}}

Personal life

In 2002, Hudlin married Chrisette Hudlin (née Suter), a public relations consultant, in Montego Bay, Jamaica.{{cite news|last1=Variety Staff|title=Chrisette Suter and Reginald Hudlin|url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/people-news/chrisette-suter-and-reginald-hudlin-1117878266/|work=Variety|date= January 6, 2003}}{{cite news|last1=Owens|first1=Donna M.|title=California Attorney General Kamala Harris Plans to be America's Next Black Female Senator|url=http://www.essence.com/2016/01/13/california-attorney-general-kamala-harris-americas-next-black-female-senator|work=Essence|date=January 13, 2016}} They have two children.{{cite web|last1=Hudlin|first1=Reginald|title=Top Ten Heroes of the Year|url=http://hudlinentertainment.com/top-ten-heroes-of-the-year/|publisher=Hudlin Entertainment|date=2016}}

Reginald Hudlin's lawyer at the time{{when|date=November 2022}} was Doug Emhoff.{{cite magazine |last=Desta |first=Yohana |title=How Hollywood Shaped Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff's Marriage |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/08/kamala-harris-husband-doug-emhoff-hollywood |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=April 8, 2022 |date=August 19, 2020}} In 2013, Chrisette Hudlin set up Emhoff on a blind date with then-Attorney General of California and former Vice-President, Kamala Harris.{{cite web |last=Bennett |first=Jessica |title=Kamala Harris Will Make History. So Will Her 'Big, Blended' Family. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/us/kamala-harris-doug-emhoff-family-inauguration.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=April 8, 2022 |date=January 17, 2021}}

Filmography

=Feature films=

class = "wikitable"
Year

! Title

!width=65| Director

!width=65| Producer

!width=65| Writer

! Notes

1990

| House Party

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

rowspan=2| 1992

| Boomerang

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

Bebe's Kids

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Executive}}

| {{yes}}

| Also songwriter ("I Ain't Havin' It", "Freedom Song", "Straight Jackin'")

1996

| The Great White Hype

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

2000

| The Ladies Man

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

2002

| Serving Sara

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

2017

| Marshall

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

2019

| The Black Godfather

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Documentary

2020

| Safety

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

2022

| Sidney

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Executive}}

| {{no}}

| Documentary

2023

| Candy Cane Lane

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

Producer only

==Acting roles==

class = "wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Role

1986

| She's Gotta Have It

| Dog 4

1990

| House Party

| Burglar #1

1992

| Boomerang

| Street Hustler

1993

| Posse

| Reporter 31

1996

| Joe's Apartment

| Rodney Roach (voice)

2000

| The Ladies Man

| Aloysius

Documentary Appearances

  • Milestone Generations (2022) (Associate Producer)

=Short films=

class = "wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Director

! Writer

1983

| House Party

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

1985

| Reggie's World of Soul{{rp|234}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1986

| The Kold Waves{{rp|234}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

=Television=

class = "wikitable"
Year

! Title

!width=65| Director

!width=65| Producer

!width=65| Writer

! Notes

1994

| Cosmic Slop

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| TV movie;
segment: "Space Traders"

2000

| City of Angels

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episode: "When Worlds Colitis"

2002–2005

| The Bernie Mac Show

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 11 episodes

rowspan=2| 2005

| Richard Pryor: The Funniest Man Dead or Alive

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Executive}}

| {{no}}

| Documentary film

Everybody Hates Chris

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episode: "Everybody Hates the Pilot"

2007

| Wifey

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| TV movie

rowspan=3| 2009

| Raising the Bar

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episode: "Making Up Is Hard to Do"

The Middle

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episode: "Christmas"

The Office

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episode: "Koi Pond"

2009–2010

| Modern Family

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episodes: "Fears", "Come Fly with Me"

rowspan=3| 2010

| Better Off Ted

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episode: "The Great Repression"

Sons of Tucson

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episode: "Father's Day"

Marvel's Black Panther

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Executive}}

| {{yes}}

| Also developer;
actor as President (voice) in episode "To the End"

2010–2011

| Outsourced

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episodes: "Temporary Monsanity", "The Todd Couple"

2010–2012

| Psych

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episodes: "Ferry Tale" and "True Grits"

2011

| Friends with Benefits

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episode: "The Benefit of Being Shallow"

2012

| Are We There Yet?

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episodes: "The Expensive Purse Episode",
"The Master of Ceremonies Episode", "The Quarantine Episode"

rowspan=2| 2013

| Bones

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episode: "The Party in the Pants"

How to Live with Your Parents
(For the Rest of Your Life)

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episode: "How to Run the Show"

rowspan=3| 2014–2015

| Bad Judge

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episodes: "Knife to a Gunfight", "Lockdown"

Marry Me

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episodes: "Stand by Me", "Change Me"

Murder in the First

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episodes: "Punch Drunk", "State of the Union", "Bruja Blanca"

rowspan=3| 2015

| Weird Loners

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episode: "Weird Knight"

New Girl

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episode: "Panty Gate"

Telenovela

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episode: "Evil Twin"

rowspan=3| 2016

| Heartbeat

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episode: "Backwards"

Angel from Hell

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episode: "Angel Appreciation Day"

Uncle Buck

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episodes: "I Got This", "Going to Jail Party"

rowspan=2| 2019

| Black Monday

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episodes: "295", "243"

The Last O.G.

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Episodes: "Criminal Minded", "Your Mom's in My Business", "Fight the Power"

Executive producer only

class = "wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Notes

2005–2008

| The Boondocks

| 31 episodes

2006

| Somebodies

| Executive in charge of co-productions

2008

| Brothers to Brutha

| Network executive

2017

| Blue & Green

| TV movie

==TV specials==

class = "wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Role

1994

| The Last Days of Russell

| Co-executive producer, director, writer

rowspan=2| 2006

| Bring That Year Back 2006: Laugh Now, Cry Later

| Network executive producer

BET Hip Hop Awards

| Executive in charge of production

2008

| The BET Honors

| Executive in charge of production

2010

| Burr and Hart

| Director

2013–present

| NAACP Image Awards

|rowspan=2| Executive producer

2014

| Governors Awards

rowspan=2| 2016

| 88th Academy Awards

| Producer

Showtime at the Apollo

|rowspan=2| Executive producer

2020–2022

| Primetime Emmy Awards

Awards

2021: Recipient of (Miami University of Ohio) Miami's Summer of ‘64 Award for his contributions in bringing the Black image to screen.

Leadership and membership

Works and publications

Comics

  • {{cite book|last1=McGruder|first1=Aaron|last2=Hudlin|first2=Reginald|last3=Baker|first3=Kyle (illustrations)|title=Birth of a Nation: A Comic Novel|url=https://archive.org/details/birthofnationcom00mcgr|url-access=registration|date=2004|publisher=Crown Publishers|location=New York|isbn=978-1-400-08316-9|oclc=54857618}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Hudlin|first1=Reginald (writer)|last2=Romita Jr.|first2=John (penciler)|last3=Janson|first3=Klaus (inker)|last4=White|first4=Dean (colors)|title=Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther|date=2005|publisher=Marvel|location=New York|isbn=978-0-785-11748-3|oclc=780282040}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Hudlin|first1=Reginald (writer)|last2=Tan|first2=Billy (pencils)|last3=Buckingham|first3=Mark (pencils)|title=Marvel Knights Spider-Man [Vol. 04], Wild Blue Yonder|date=2005|publisher=Marvel Comics|location=New York|isbn=978-0-785-11761-2|oclc=830159672}} – Contains material originally published in magazine form as Marvel Knights Spider-man #13-18
  • {{cite book|last1=David|first1=Peter|last2=Straczynski|first2=J. Michael|last3=Hudlin|first3=Reginald|last4=Wieringo|first4=Mike (artist)|last5=Deodato|first5=Mike (artist)|last6=Lee|first6=Pat (artist)|title=Spider-Man: The Other|date=2006|publisher=Marvel Pub.|location=New York|isbn=978-0-785-12188-6|oclc=62714568}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Hudlin|first1=Reginald (writer)|last2=Eaton|first2=Scot (pencils)|title=Black Panther: The Bride|date=2006|publisher=Marvel|location=New York|isbn=978-0-785-12107-7|edition=Direct|oclc=948817543}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Hudlin|first1=Reginald (writer)|last2=Eaton|first2=Scot (penciler)|last3=Garcia|first3=Manuel (penciler)|last4=Turnbull|first4=Koi (penciler)|last5=To|first5=Marcus (penciler)|title=Black Panther: Civil War|date=2007|publisher=Marvel|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-0-785-12235-7|oclc=144224099}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Hudlin|first1=Reginald (writer)|last2=Portela|first2=Francis (pencils)|title=Black Panther: Four the Hard Way|date=2007|publisher=Marvel|location=New York|isbn=978-0-785-12655-3|oclc=751756495}} – Contains material originally published in single magazine form as: Black Panther #26-30
  • {{cite book|last1=Hudlin|first1=Reginald (writer)|last2=Portela|first2=Francis (penciler)|last3=Rodriguez|first3=Carlos (penciler)|last4=Sharpe|first4=Kevin (penciler)|last5=Cafu (penciler)|last6=Portela|first6=Francis (inks)|last7=Hennessy|first7=Bit & Andrew (inks)|last8=Staples|first8=Val (colors)|title=Black Panther: Back to Africa|date=2008|publisher=Marvel|location=New York|isbn=978-0-785-12452-8|oclc=540015636}} – Also includes Black Panther: Black to the Future
  • {{cite book|last1=Hudlin|first1=Reginald (writer)|last2=Stroman|first2=Larry (pencils)|last3=Lashley|first3=Ken (pencils)|last4=Paris|first4=Roland (inks)|last5=Cuevas|first5=Carlos (inks)|last6=Sibal|first6=Jon (inks)|last7=Milla|first7=Matt (colors)|last8=Staples|first8=Val (colors)|last9=Petit|first9=Cory (letters)|title=Black Panther: Black to the Future|date=2008|publisher=Marvel|location=New York|isbn=978-0-785-12452-8|oclc=540015636}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Hudlin|first1=Reginald (writer)|last2=Portela|first2=Francis (art)|title=Black Panther: Little Green Men|date=2008|publisher=Marvel|location=New York|isbn=978-0-785-12657-7|oclc=191890888}} – Contains material originally published in magazine form as Black Panther #31-34
  • {{cite book|last1=Hudlin|first1=Reginald (writer)|last2=Neary|first2=Paul (inks)|last3=Lashley|first3=Ken (pencils)|title=Black Panther: The Deadliest of the Species|date=2009|publisher=Marvel|location=New York|isbn=978-0-785-13342-1|oclc=765104721}} – Collecting Black Panther #1-6
  • {{cite book|last1=Hudlin|first1=Reginald (writer)|last2=Cowan|first2=Denys (pencils)|title=Captain America/Black Panther: Flags of Our Fathers|date=2010|publisher=Marvel Worldwide|location=New York|isbn=978-0-785-14401-4|oclc=780283834}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Maberry|first1=Jonathan (writer)|last2=Hudlin|first2=Reginald (writer)|last3=Conrad|first3=Will (art)|title=Black Panther: Power|date=2010|publisher=Marvel|location=New York|isbn=978-0-785-13861-7|oclc=437299872}} – Contains material originally published in magazine form as Black Panther #7-12
  • {{cite book|last1=Tarantino|first1=Quentin (adapted from the original screenplay by)|last2=Hudlin|first2=Reginald (adaptation)|last3=Guéra|first3=R.M. (art by)|last4=Latour|first4=Jason (art by)|last5=Cowan|first5=Denys (art by)|last6=Žeželj|first6=Danijel (art by)|last7=Floyd|first7=John (art by)|title=Django Unchained|date=2014|publisher=Vertigo|location=New York|isbn=978-1-401-24709-6|oclc=877860979}} – Originally published in single magazine form in Django Unchained #1-7
  • {{cite book|last1=Maberry|first1=Jonathan (writer)|last2=Hudlin|first2=Reginald (writer|last3=Conrad|first3=Will (artist)|last4=Eaton|first4=Scot (artist)|last5=Moll|first5=Shawn (artist)|last6=Gugliotta|first6=Gianluca (artist)|title=Black Panther: Doomwar|date=2017|publisher=Marvel Worldwide, Inc.|location=New York|isbn=978-1-302-90416-6|oclc=951950784}} – Contains material originally published in magazine form as Doomwar #1-6

Selected writing

  • {{cite news|last1=Hudlin|first1=Reginald|title=If It's a Question of Money . . .|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-10-ca-18434-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=10 September 2000}}
  • {{cite news|last1=Hudlin|first1=Reginald|title='Django Unchained' Producer on 'Selma' Oscar Snubs: Did Voters Have "Racial Fatigue"? (Guest Column)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/django-unchained-producer-selma-oscar-764888|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=21 January 2015|language=en}}

See also

References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book|last1=Alexander|first1=George|title=Why We Make Movies: Black Filmmakers Talk About the Magic of Cinema|date=2003|publisher=Harlem Moon|location=New York|isbn=978-0-307-41959-0|chapter=Reginald Hudlin|oclc=53445264}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Donalson|first1=Melvin Burke|title=Black Directors in Hollywood|date=2003|publisher=University of Texas Press|location=Austin|isbn=978-0-292-79875-5|pages=204–277|chapter=Chapter 9: Not Without Laughter: Directors of Comedy and Romance, Chapter 10: Off the Hook: Comedy and Romance with a Hip-Hop Flavor|oclc=55731956}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Gates, Jr.|first1=Henry Louis|title=America Behind the Color Line: Dialogues with African Americans|date=2005|publisher=Warner Books|location=New York|isbn=978-0-446-69390-5|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yE5Rw7PkupAC&q=hudlin&pg=PT233|chapter=Independent Means: Reginald Hudlin|oclc=57551433|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/americabehindcol00henr}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Eichenbaum|first1=Rose|editor1-last=Hirt-Manheimer|editor1-first=Aron|title=The Director Within: Storytellers of Stage and Screen|date=2014|publisher=Wesleyan University Press|location=Middletown, CT|isbn=978-0-819-57494-7|pages=82–90|chapter=Reginald Hudlin|oclc=893600248}}
  • {{cite AV media|publisher=Hudlin Entertainment|title=SDCC 2015 Spotlight On Reginald Hudlin: Part 1|url=https://vimeo.com/137902863|via=Comic-Con International|format=Video|date=August 31, 2015}} [https://vimeo.com/137903676 "Part 2"]. [https://vimeo.com/137904943 "Part 3"]. [https://vimeo.com/137905624 "Part 4"]. [https://vimeo.com/137907116 "Part 5"].

External links

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  • [http://hudlinentertainment.com Hudlin Entertainment]
  • [http://reggiesworld.com Reggie's World]
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  • {{cite news|last1=Encarnacion|first1=Jonathan|title=Uncompromising Articulation: Reginald Hudlin|url=http://silverbulletcomics.com/news/story.php?a=321|work=Silver Bullet Comic Books|date=April 13, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125211734/http://silverbulletcomics.com/news/story.php?a=321|archive-date=November 25, 2005}}

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