Writer, Producer, Director
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Writer, Producer, Director |
A native of Baltimore, Maryland Darryl Wharton-Rigby has worked diligently to create a niche for himself as a writer/director. He has earned awards from the Maryland State Arts Council, the Painted Bride Arts Center in Philadelphia and the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame for his work as a filmmaker and playwright.
After writing a spec script that was read by Executive Producer Tom Fontana, Wharton-Rigby worked as a Writer for the critically acclaimed television series, Homicide: Life On The Street. His teleplay "Sins Of the Father" was nominated for a NAACP Image Award.
In 1998 Wharton-Rigby completed his debut feature film Detention, which he wrote and directed. The film has received numerous honors and awards, including "Best Director" at the Urbanworld Film Festival and the "Audience Award" at the Atlanta Film and Video Festival.
In 1999, Darryl moved to Los Angeles, after a four-month run of his critically acclaimed one-man play Freeda Slave: Mask of a Diva, starring Dale Guy Madison. Not too long after the move, Wharton-Rigby worked as a Writer on the NBC teen dramedy Just Deal, and wrote Table 22, the first series pilot for B.E.T. Most recently, he wrote and directed the one-man play Here Come the Drums, starring Russell Hornsby.
Feature Films:
Detention (drama/:88/1998)
Wild Skin (Documentary in Post-Prodcution)
Short Films:
Why You Run Away? (short / :4/ 1994)
October 16, 1998 (short / :7/1996)
Who Is It? (short/ :5/ 1995)
The Poem Unwritten (short/:19/1990)
Television
Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
Just Deal (NBC)
Table 22 (B.E.T. Pilot)
Homicide: Life on the Streets (of Indy Filmmaking) (IFC Split Screen)
Theater:
Here Come the Drums
FREEda Slave: Mask of Diva
A Boy Called Man
Detention
Lecture Topics:
Scriptwriting
Independent Filmmaking
Websites:
www.filmsnoir.com / www.soulsuite.com