Английская Википедия:Derrick Simmons (director)
Derrick Simmons is an American actor, film director, producer, stunt artist, music producer and entrepreneur.
Early life
Derrick Simmons was born in Queens, New York. He attended Harbor JHS of Performing Arts in Harlem, New York and later attended Talent Unlimited High School where he majored in drama.[1]
Career
Derrick Simmons started his acting career at age 10 by appearing in a National Burger King commercial where he appeared opposite Stacey Dash.
As a stuntman has performed in more than 175 films.[2][3] He wrote, produced and directed three films, and as an actor he has performed in around 40 titles.[4]
Main works
Simmons has worked as actor and stuntman in various television programs such as Law & Order, New York Undercover,[5] The Wire, Third Watch, Oz,[6] Hack, The Sopranos, Law & Order SVU, The David Letterman Show, Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock, The Good Wife, Orange is the New Black, and House of Cards.[7]
Some of Simmons's feature film credits include Deja Vu,[8] American Gangster,[9] A Bronx Tale,[10] Tower Heist,[11] Ray (where he stunt doubled Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles),[12] Spike Lee's Inside Man,[13] Precious,[14] Find Me Guilty,[15] The Purge: Election Year[16] and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.[17]
Film production
Simmons' production company, Derrick Simmons Film Works, has produced three feature film titles. Jump Offs (2007),[18] Women Do it Better (2009)[19][20] and Nobody's Perfect (2016),[21][22] hosted by Cannes World Cinema Initiative.[23]
Music production
Simmons is CEO of Phat Tune Recording.[24]
Awards and recognitions
Simmons won the best feature film award at the Mt Vernon Film Festival and the best director award at Pocono Mountains Film Festival.[25]
In 2016 he was nominated as a member of the stunts crew of The Blacklist in the category Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series in the Screen Actors Guild Awards.[26]
References
External links
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Citation
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Citation
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Citation
- ↑ Шаблон:Citation
- ↑ Шаблон:Citation
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Citation
- ↑ Шаблон:Citation
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Citation
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Citation
- ↑ Шаблон:Citation
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite press release
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- Английская Википедия
- Action choreographers
- African-American film directors
- African-American film producers
- African-American male actors
- African-American screenwriters
- Film producers from New York (state)
- Record producers from New York (state)
- American stunt performers
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- American male comedians
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- American music industry executives
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Screenwriters from New York (state)
- Businesspeople from Queens, New York
- Film directors from New York City
- Living people
- Male actors from Queens, New York
- Rappers from Queens, New York
- Writers from Queens, New York
- Comedians from Queens, New York
- 20th-century American comedians
- 21st-century American comedians
- 21st-century American rappers
- 20th-century African-American male singers
- 20th-century American singers
- 21st-century African-American musicians
- African-American male comedians
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
