David E. Talbert
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David E. Talbert (born February 10, 1966)[1] is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker.[2] He is a graduate of Morgan State University and attended the New York University film program.
Talbert has won numerous NAACP awards for his work The Fabric of a Man, and a New York Literary Award in 2007 for his musical, Love in the Nick of Tyme. Talbert has also produced a television reality show, Black Stage, in which actors and singers compete to win a part in one of his plays.
Talbert's first film, First Sunday,[3] was released in 2008. The film stars Ice Cube, Tracy Morgan and Katt Williams.
Works
Novels
- Love on the Dotted Line (2003)
- Baggage Claim (2003)
- Love Don't Live Here No More: Book One of Doggy Tales (2006, with Snoop Dogg)
Plays
- Tellin' It Like It Tiz (1991–1993)
- Lawd Ha' Mercy (1993–1994)
- What Goes Around Comes Around (1994–1995)
- He Say She Say... But What Does God Say? (1996)
- A Fool And His Money (1997)
- Talk Show Live (1998)
- Mr. Right Now (1998–1999)
- His Woman, His Wife (2000)
- The Fabric Of A Man (2001)
- Love Makes Things Happen (2002)
- Love On Lay-a-way (2003)
- Love in the Nick of Tyme (2009)
- What My Husband Doesn't Know (2011)
- Suddenly Single (2012)
- Another Man Will (2015)
Films
- First Sunday (2008) (director, writer, producer)
- Baggage Claim (2013) (director, writer, producer)
- Almost Christmas (2016) (director, writer)
- El Camino Christmas (2017) (director)
- Jingle Jangle (2020) (director, writer)[4]
References
- ^ Carpenter, Bil (2005). "Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia": 403.
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- ^ Chris Lee (30 December 2007). "He's still writing his own story". Los Angeles Times.
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(help) - ^ Mike Fleming Jr.; Dominic Patten. "'Jesus Christ Superstar's John Legend & Mike Jackson To Produce David E. Talbert Netflix Holiday Film 'Jingle Jangle'". Deadline. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
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Categories:
- 1966 births
- 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- African-American dramatists and playwrights
- Living people
- American film directors
- African-American film directors
- African-American film producers
- African-American screenwriters
- American film producers
- American male screenwriters
- American male dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century American male writers