John Ridley

John Ridley

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John Ridley IV (born October 1, 1965) is an American screenwriter, television director, novelist, and showrunner, known for 12 Years a Slave, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is also the creator and showrunner of the critically acclaimed anthology series American Crime. His most recent work is the documentary film Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992.

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John Ridley was born on October 1965 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.. He is best known as a writer. Ridley's country of citizenship (nationality) is American. His net worth is reported to be $5,000,000 US dollars.

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The first 'Barbershop' kicked the door open and said, 'Look, we're going to talk about whatever we want to talk about.' I think the responsible thing we have to do, even though it's a comedy, even though we have a lot of fun, and even though in some way we are a little more absurdist than the movies, is to recognize that just to bring up a topic for the sake of bringing it up is not enough.

John Ridley is known for his role in the film Shirley (2024) as producer.

He is also known for his role in the TV mini series documentary Superpowered: The DC Story (2023) as Self - Writer, The Other History of the DC Universe.

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