Crystle Roberson is an African-American filmmaker, writer, and television producer. She was honored by Women in Film &Television with the Woman to Watch Award in 2008.[1] She was a director for television series including Greenleaf on the Oprah Winfrey Network, plus All American (CW), Diary of a Future President (Disney ), American Soul (BET), and more.
Career / film / television
editToday, Roberson is a member of the Directors Guild of America.[2] Her first award from HBO, Chase, and Kodak for her short film Next Door’s Next (2009),[3] led her to write and direct indie projects including Private Garden with Idris Elba, and The Black Cage with Mykelti Williamson.[citation needed] She directed more shorts such as The End Again featuring Columbus Short and Black Girls Guide to Fertility with Raney Branch.[citation needed]
In 2021, she was Producing Director on ABC’s premiere season of QUEENS and 2 episodes of BMF (Black Mafia Family - Season 2) for STARZ.[citation needed]
Recently, she's directing Season 2 of The Gilded Age on HBO, and she's also the Producing Director for 2 episodes on Season 4 of Genius: MLK/X (episode 4 & 6).[citation needed]
Filmography
edit- Greenleaf - List of Greenleaf episodes - 2019, 2021
- Queens (American TV series) - 2021
- Sacrifice (TV series) 2021
- American Soul - 2020
- BMF (TV series) - 2023
- Long Slow Exhale - 2022
- Delilah (American TV series) - 2021 [4]
- Ambitions (TV series) - 2019
- Diary of a Future President - 2021
- Bigger (TV series) - 2019
- All American - List of All American episodes - 2021, 2022
References
edit- ^ Cross, Kathleen (October 12, 2011). "Crystle 'Clear' Roberson: Independent Black Filmmaker on the Rise". ROLLING OUT.
- ^ Let's Shoot!, with Pete Chatmon Podcast (February 9, 2022). "Episode 33: Crystle C. Roberson On Carving Her Own Path Into Directing".
- ^ "Chase Announces Winners of Homeownership Film Challenge". RISMEDIA. July 28, 2008.
- ^ Oganesyan, Natale (January 27, 2021). "Netflix Unveils 'Shadow and Bone' Premiere Date (TV News Roundup)".