Writing • AGE 61
John Ridley (born 1965 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American film director, actor, and writer. Ridley got his start as a stand-up comedian. He eventually was hired as a writer for sitcoms such as Th...


Shirley
Producer
2024

Superpowered: The DC Story
Self
2023

Five Days at Memorial
Director
2022

Needle in a Timestack
Executive Producer
2021

Waiting for Godot
Producer
2021

Body Cam
Writer
2020

Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
Director
2017

Guerrilla
Director
2017

Ben-Hur
Screenplay
2016

The 25,000 Mile Love Story
Narrator
2015

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015

American Crime
Writer
2015

Celblok H
Original Story
2014

Out of the Furnace
Co-Producer
2013

12 Years a Slave
Screenplay
2013

Jimi: All Is by My Side
Writer
2013

Red Tails
Story
2012

On Story
Self
2011

Heckler
Self
2007

Barbershop
Director
2005

Musafir
Original Story
2004

Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
Writer
2004

Platinum
Director
2003

Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003

Undercover Brother
Executive Producer
2002

Justice League
Writer
2001

Static Shock
Writer
2000

Three Kings
Story
1999

Third Watch
Writer
1999

Cold Around the Heart
Director
1997

Team Knight Rider
Writer
1997

U Turn
Screenplay
1997

The Show
Writer
1996

The John Larroquette Show
Writer
1993

Martin
Writer
1992

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
John Ridley
1990

The American Way
Writer