Kenya Barris
Writing · Writer · Producer · Director
Born Aug 9, 1974 · Inglewood, California, USA
Active 2003–present
Kenya Barris is an American film and television writer, producer, director, and actor. He is best known as the creator of the ABC sitcom black-ish.
Filmography
It's a Wonderful Life — Director · WriterRoald Dahl's The Witches (2020) — ScreenplayGirls Trip (2017) — WriterComing 2 America (2021) — Screenplay · Executive ProducerShaft (2019) — Writer · Executive ProducerEntergalactic (2022) — Moderator (voice) · Creator · Executive ProducerLittle (2019) — Producerblack-ish (2014) — Mysterious Salesman (voice) · Executive Producer · Director · Writer · Creatorgrown-ish (2018) — Derek Wright · Story · Executive Producer · CreatorBarbershop: The Next Cut (2016) — Screenplay · Co-ProducerThe Underdoggs (2024) — ProducerYou People (2023) — Airplane Passenger · Director · Writer · ProducerWhite Men Can't Jump (2023) — Writer · Producer · StoryCheaper by the Dozen (2022) — Screenplay · Producermixed-ish (2019) — Executive Producer · Teleplay · Story · CreatorBlood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (2021) — ProducerAmerica's Next Top Model (2003) — Development Producer#blackAF (2020) — Kenya Barris · CreatorThe Vince Staples Show (2024) — Executive ProducerWe the People (2021) — Executive ProducerA Boy. A Girl. A Dream (2018) — Kenya BarrisCivil: Ben Crump (2022) — ProducerAstronomy Club: The Sketch Show (2019) — CreatorDiarra from Detroit (2024) — Executive Producer