Biography
John Ridley is known across a variety of media, having achieved success in the worlds of television, film and literature. His film All Is By My Side, about Jimi Hendrix's early years in London, is written and directed by Ridley and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
His body of work includes the feature films U-Turn, Three Kings, and Red Tails; the hard-hitting novels Those Who Walk in Darkness and A Conversation With the Mann; his graphic novel The American Way; and his socio-political essay "The Manifesto of Ascendancy for the Modern American Nigger," which was published in Esquire Magazine. Throughout, Ridley has built a reputation for social relevance and a willingness to forgo political correctness in pursuit of honest storytelling.
River Road Entertainment
Screenwriter
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2024 |
Shirley |
2021 |
Needle in a Timestack |
2016 |
Ben-Hur |
2013 |
12 Years a Slave |
All Is by My Side |
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2012 |
Red Tails |
2003 |
Those Who Walk in Darkness |
2002 |
Undercover Brother |
1997 |
Cold Around the Heart |
U Turn |
Documentaries | |
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2017 |
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 |
Author
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1997 |
U Turn - book |
Director
Movies | |
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2024 |
Shirley |
2021 |
Needle in a Timestack |
2013 |
All Is by My Side |
1997 |
Cold Around the Heart |
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2022 |
Five Days at Memorial |
Day Five (E05) |
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Day Four (E04) |
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Day One (E01) |
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2019 |
Godfather of Harlem |
By Whatever Means Necessary (S01E01) |
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2017 |
Guerrilla |
Episode 6 (E06) |
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Episode 2 (E02) |
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Episode 1 (E01) |
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2016 |
American Crime |
Episode 7 (S02E07) |
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Episode 1 (S02E01) |
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2015 |
American Crime |
Episode 11 (S01E11) |
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Episode 2 (S01E02) |
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Episode 1 (S01E01) |
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2005 |
Barbershop |
2003 |
Platinum |
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2017 |
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 |
Creator
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2022 |
Five Days at Memorial |
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The Reckoning (E08) |
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Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen (E07) |
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45 Dead (E06) |
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more episodes (5) | ||
2017 |
American Crime |
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Episode 8 (S03E08) |
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Episode 7 (S03E07) |
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Episode 6 (S03E06) |
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more episodes (5) | ||
2016 |
American Crime |
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Episode 10 (S02E10) |
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Episode 9 (S02E09) |
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Episode 8 (S02E08) |
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more episodes (7) | ||
2015 |
American Crime |
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Episode 11 (S01E11) |
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Episode 10 (S01E10) |
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Episode 9 (S01E09) |
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more episodes (8) |
Actor
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2016 |
Lady Dynamite |
White Trash (S01E03) |
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1994 |
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air |
Will's Up a Dirt Road (S05E10) |
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1992 |
Martin |
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2021 |
Soul of a Nation (series) |
2007 |
Heckler |
Producer
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2024 |
Shirley |
2021 |
Waiting for Godot |
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2000 |
Third Watch |
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Young Men and Fire... (S01E22) |
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Just Another Night at the Opera (S01E21) |
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A Thousand Points of Light (S01E20) |
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more episodes (10) | ||
1999 |
Third Watch |
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Modern Designs for Better Living (S01E09) |
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History of the World (S01E08) |
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Impulse (S01E07) |
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more episodes (5) |
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2017 |
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 |