Robert Townsend News

A multi-talented artist, Don Reed has worked in theater, film and television to great acclaim.

A multi-talented member of the group of young black filmmakers who came to the fore in the late 1980s, Wayans began in stand-up comedy in the late 70s and enjoyed modest success as an actor, mostly on TV, ...

Actor, director and television executive Robert Townsend will help shine the spotlight on Hollywood's future movers and shakers as host of Cal State Northridge's 18th annual "Senior Film Showcase" at the ... via Tolucan Times

Posted Apr 23rd 2008 12:32PM by Monika Bartyzel Filed under: Comedy , Documentary , Casting One day it's Rudy Huxtable and the next, it's Cliff. via Cinematical

A custom vehicle for black actor Robert Townsend, produced, directed, and co-written by him. via San Diego Reader

“It really shows there's a marketplace that's not being fed.”

FOR many, it was more than just a low-budget romantic comedy about a sexually liberated woman -- it was the first shot in a cinematic revolution. via Los Angeles Times

Actor/producer/writer/director Robert Townsend was once dubbed the 'new Eddie Murphy', back in the day when he was pulling multiple duties on the likes of Hollywood Shuffle . via Empire Online

Music drama THE FIVE HEARTBEATS has topped a list naming the best urban movies of all time. via ContactMusic.com

“I want revenge! I'm mad! I need some getback!”

With surprising poignancy for a sketch comedy, Hollywood Shuffle presents us with a struggling actor whose fantasies about the roles he'd love to play are in stark contrast to the reality of the roles available ... via Big Media Vandalism

“Townsend Television", a variety series on Fox 1990 Purchased Hollywood Professional School and renamed it Tinsel Townsend Studios to turn into a mini-studio (date approximate) 1987 First film as director-writer-producer "Hollywood Shuffle”

Multi-talented figure who graduated from stand-up comedy to eilm, making his screen acting debut in Paul Mazursky's "Willie and Phil" and contributing a fine dramatic performance in "A Soldier's Story" . ... via Hollywood.com

“We handled everything related to post audio on this project, including sound design, dialog clean-up, Foley, ADR and final mixing in 5.1 surround sound”

Survey From left: Producer Pemon Rami, sound designer Drew Weir, executive producer Rise Sanders and producer/actor Robert Townsend Sound designer Drew Weir of Chicago-based Vagabond Audio collaborated with the ... via Mix

Kung-fu spoofs better be damn good, because the source material is already pretty silly and has been endlessly mocked. via Pittsburgh City Paper

“The thing is that certain people are born to play certain roles and Ving has always gravitated toward Sonny Liston's story. This is his baby, and he's giving birth to it. He's already playing the character at so many levels.”

The man who made one lone bandaid look like the most badass thing around is going to take on an infamous heavyweight role. via Cinematical

Posted Oct 13th 2007 2:02PM by Patrick Walsh Filed under: Comedy , Documentary , Independent As quite possibly the whitest man alive, I feel compelled to tell you about a new documentary called Why We Laugh: ... via Cinematical

CodeBlack Entertainment has launched production on docu "Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy." Documentary is produced and directed by Darryl Littleton and Robert Townsend . via Variety

“Hey, you can do whatever you want.”

Chicago's branch of the Independent Feature Project kicks offs its first fundraising gala Friday night with West Side native Robert Townsend . via Chicago Tribune