Reginald Hudlin

Reginald Alan Hudlin is an American writer and film director.

Works

Static Shock

A feature film based on the DC superhero.

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Candy Cane Lane

A man, determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, makes a pact with an elf to help him win. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of Christmas to life, bringing chaos to the small, unsuspecting town.

Release Date: 2023-11-29

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Pilot

Vote Count: 421

Superpowered: The DC Story

This docuseries takes an unprecedented look at the enduring and influential legacy of DC, allowing fans to rediscover the universe of characters, as well as the iconic comic book company’s origins, its evolution and its nearly nine-decade cultural impact across every artistic medium.

Release Date: 2023-07-20

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 23

House Party

Aspiring club promoters and best buds Damon and Kevin are barely keeping things together. Out of money, down on their luck and about to lose the roofs over their heads—and freshly fired from their low-lift jobs as house cleaners—the pair needs a huge windfall to make their problems go away. In a ‘what the hell?’ move, they decide to host the party of the year at an exclusive mansion, the site of their last cleaning job, which just happens to belong to none other than LeBron James. No permission? No problem. What could go wrong?

Release Date: 2023-01-12

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 105

Sidney

This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Halle Berry, and more.

Release Date: 2022-09-10

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 31

Milestone Generations

The electrifying story of Milestone Media, of the challenges they faced in changing the face of superhero storytelling, and of the rebirth of the company – now with entertainment legend Reggie Hudlin helping to steer the ship – just when the world needs the Milestone heroes more than ever.

Release Date: 2022-07-29

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's wicked plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant mentor, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day.

Release Date: 2022-07-14

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 301

Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood

In 1971, director Melvin Van Peebles turned the figure of the black hero in US cinema upside down with Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: the story of the making of a seminal movie that initiated the Blaxploitation movement, a short-lived but highly influential sub-genre in the years that followed.

Release Date: 2022-03-16

Character: Self

Vote Count: 2

Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy

In the words of Anthony Anderson, Tiffany Haddish, Steve Harvey, Regina King and more, this docuseries tells the unbelievable story of how one man, Guy Torry, moved mountains to launch an all-Black comedy night at The Comedy Store. What started as an experiment in '90s Los Angeles turned into a breeding ground for today's greatest comedians, elevating Black voices to have their turn on the stage.

Release Date: 2022-02-03

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 6

What If...?

Taking inspiration from the comic books of the same name, each episode of this animated anthology series questions, revisits and twists classic Marvel Cinematic moments.

Release Date: 2021-08-11

Department: Crew

Job: Thanks

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 4303

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist

An intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor’s incomparable artistry, and the acting process which informed his transformative performances. Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, George C. Wolfe, Branford Marsalis, Phylicia Rashad and more take us behind the scenes to explore Boseman's extraordinary commitment to his craft.

Release Date: 2021-04-17

Character: Self

Vote Count: 13

Marvel's Behind the Mask

A documentary special that explores the power of identity behind the iconic superheroes we know and love today. These legendary Marvel creations and stories have not only reflected the world outside our window – they have become a reflection of our own identities and who we truly are.

Release Date: 2021-02-12

Character: Self

Vote Count: 45

Woman in Motion

Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first African American, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space.

Release Date: 2021-02-02

Character: Selfz

Vote Count: 6

Safety

The story of Ray-Ray McElrathbey, a freshman football player for Clemson University, who secretly raised his younger brother on campus after his home life became too unsteady.

Release Date: 2020-12-11

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 190

Emperor

An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green.

Release Date: 2020-08-18

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 86

The Black Godfather

Follows the life of Clarence Avant, the ultimate, uncensored mentor and behind-the-scenes rainmaker in music, film, TV and politics.

Release Date: 2019-06-06

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 32

We Gon' Be Alright

"We Gon' Be Alright" is a digital series that explores the social divide over race in the 21st Century United States. Inspired by Jeff Chang's best-selling, critically acclaimed collection of essays, we discover a nation of historically unprecedented diversity becoming more separate and more unequal. Each episode examines a different aspect of a profound puzzle: Silicon Valley resegregation, Hollywood images, Harvard admissions, and more. The series asks the questions: why and how did we become so divided? What can we do now to be alright?

Release Date: 2019-05-14

Episode Count: 1

Black Monday

Travel back to October 19, 1987 – aka Black Monday, the worst stock market crash in Wall Street history – this is the story of how a group of outsiders took on the blue-blood, old-boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the world’s largest financial system, a Lamborghini limousine, Don Henley’s birthday party and the glass ceiling.

Release Date: 2019-01-20

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 68

Black Panther

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.

Release Date: 2018-02-13

Department: Crew

Job: Thanks

Vote Count: 22389

Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics

A six-part documentary series that takes a deeper look into the stories, people and events that have transformed the world of comic books.

Release Date: 2017-11-12

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 18

Marshall

Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Release Date: 2017-10-13

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 620

Birth of a Movement

In 1915, Boston-based African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s technically groundbreaking but notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly The Birth of a Nation, unleashing a fight that still rages today about race relations, media representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement, based on Dick Lehr's book The Birth of a Movement: How Birth of a Nation Ignited the Battle for Civil Rights, captures the backdrop to this prescient clash between human rights, freedom of speech, and a changing media landscape.

Release Date: 2017-02-06

Character: Self

Vote Count: 5

Marvel's Captain America: 75 Heroic Years

A full-length documentary that follows the history of Captain America from 1941 to present and explores how “Cap” has been a reflection of the changing times and the world he has existed in throughout the years. Fans will hear from various Marvel luminaries including Stan Lee, Joe Quesada, Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Jeph Loeb, Louis D’Esposito, Chris Evans and Hayley Attwell, as well as family members of Cap’s creators.

Release Date: 2016-01-19

Character: Self

Vote Count: 34

Marry Me

Six years ago, Annie and Jake bonded over their mutual love of nachos and they've been inseparable ever since. Now, after returning from a romantic two-week island vacation, Jake’s all set to pop the question. Before he can ask, though, Annie lets loose on Jake for his inability to commit. She was expecting him to “put a ring on it” in paradise and now Jake’s perfect proposal is ruined. Not wanting to spend the next 60 years talking about that mess of a proposal, Jake and Annie decide to hold off on the engagement until they can do it right. Yet if history tells us anything, it’s when we really want things to go right that they all tend to go wrong. The only thing we know for sure is these two are destined to be together whether they can get it together or not.

Release Date: 2014-10-14

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 17

House Party: Tonight's the Night

Chris has it all worked out: he's ready to leave high school behind and head to college in his sweet new ride. The problem is, he'll be leaving behind his best friend and partner in rhyme, Dylan. And he still has to get with Autumn, the girl he's had a crush on since the second grade. The solution? Throw one last party where Chris and Dylan can show off their skills with words and women. But a little get-together becomes a hilariously epic disaster where anything can happen and anyone might turn up... including the original house partiers, Kid 'n Play.

Release Date: 2013-07-23

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Vote Count: 36

How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)

Polly is a single mom who has recently divorced. The transition hasn't been easy for her, especially in this economy. So, like a lot of young people living in this new reality, she and her daughter, Natalie, have moved back home with her eccentric parents, Elaine and Max.

Release Date: 2013-04-03

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 15

Django Unchained

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

Release Date: 2012-12-25

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 26505

I Am Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee is universally recognized as the pioneer who elevated martial arts in film to an art form, and this documentary will reveal why Bruce Lee's flame burns brighter now than the day he died over three decades ago. The greatest martial artists, athletes, actors, directors, and producers in the entertainment business today will share their feelings about the one who started it all. We will interview the people whose lives, careers, and belief systems were forever altered by the legendary "Father of Martial Arts Cinema". Rarely seen archival footage and classic photos will punctuate the personal testimonials. Prepare to be inspired.

Release Date: 2012-02-09

Character: Self

Vote Count: 147

New Girl

Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward, she's comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys—especially at home.

Release Date: 2011-09-20

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1456

Friends with Benefits

Revolving around a group of twentysomething singles as they navigate the difficult, sometimes rewarding, often confusing world of dating. Loyal and devoted to one another, these friends are never too busy to help a member of the group who might be in need. In fact, their companionship often extends into a more intimate setting - the bedroom.

Release Date: 2011-08-05

The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.

Release Date: 2009-09-30

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 658

Modern Family

The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.

Release Date: 2009-09-23

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 2877

Better Off Ted

Ted, a successful but morally conscious man, runs a research and development department at a morally questionable corporation, Veridian Technologies. No achievement is too far fetched and no invention too unorthodox for Veridian. Ted loves his seemingly perfect job; he loves his superhuman boss, Veronica, and colleagues Lem, Phil and Linda, but he's starting to take a closer look at the company's extremely questionable practices... especially when they try to cryogenically freeze one of Ted's scientists for testing purposes.

Release Date: 2009-03-18

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 199

Raising the Bar

The lives and cases of young lawyers who work on opposite sides - the public defender's office and the district attorney's office - as well as those who sit in judgment on their cases.

Release Date: 2008-09-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 9

Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the 60's

Documentary featuring interviews with director Norman Jewison and others providing an in-depth look at the production of the 1967 film IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.

Release Date: 2008-01-15

Character: Self

Are We There Yet?: World Adventure

Are We There Yet?: World Adventure is a Canadian children's television show created by J.J. Johnson that features real-life siblings exploring the world. The show can be seen in 7-minute or 30-minute formats. The series premiered September 3, 2007, on Treehouse TV. Are We There Yet? is produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment in association with National Geographic Kids Entertainment and UNICEF.

Release Date: 2007-09-03

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 1

We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story

Featuring hysterical performance footage and insightful interviews, this affectionate documentary profiles Robin Harris, one of the most respected black comedians of his time whose life was cut short at age 37 by a respiratory problem. Friends and fans such as Bernie Mac, Cedric the Entertainer, Martin Lawrence and Robert Townsend share their memories of the funnyman, who continues to influence young comics.

Release Date: 2006-10-17

Character: Himself

Vote Count: 1

Psych

Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.

Release Date: 2006-07-07

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 827

Written, directed, and produced by David Walker, MACKED, HAMMERED, SLAUGHTERED, & SHAFTED is an insightful examination of the blaxploitation film movement of the 1970s. Featuring interviews with key actors and filmmakers, the documentary explores the origins of blaxploitation, and the controversial history of Hollywood's most misunderstood genre.

Release Date: 2004-12-31

Character: Self

Boondocks Pilot

Original Boondocks pilot sent to Fox Studios before airing on Adult Swim.

Release Date: 2004-02-17

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Serving Sara

When Sara is served divorce papers while she is in New York, she is stunned. Not about to lose the fortune she amassed with her self-serving Texan husband, she makes an offer to her process server, Joe, that sets them off on a wild trip across the country.

Release Date: 2002-08-23

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 320

It's Black Entertainment

A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Williams traces the struggles and triumphs of the superstars of music and film. Among the many artists featured are: Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Cab Calloway, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald, and Little Richard, Also included are today's contemporary superstars: Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Russell Simmons, and many, more! 80 minutes plus DVD bonus features.

Release Date: 2002-02-08

Character: Self

Vote Count: 2

The Bernie Mac Show

The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001 to April 14, 2006. The series featured comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana, and Vanessa.

Release Date: 2001-11-14

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 11

Vote Count: 60

The Ladies Man

Because of his salacious language, late-night radio advice-show host Leon Phelps, along with his sweet and loyal producer Julie, is fired from his Chicago gig. Leon gets a letter from a former lover promising a life of wealth, but he doesn't know who she is. Can Leon find his secret sugar-mama? What about Julie?

Release Date: 2000-10-13

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Aloysius

Vote Count: 133

City of Angels

City of Angels is an American medical drama television series which ran for two seasons on CBS during the 2000 calendar year. It was network television's first medical drama with a predominantly African American cast.

Release Date: 2000-01-16

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 2

Ride

A group of young people leave Harlem for a bus trip down to Miami. The voyage starts off with problems, but it ends up becoming a learning experience, as they end up finding things out about each other they had not previously known.

Release Date: 1998-03-27

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 16

Joe's Apartment

A nice guy has just moved to New York and discovers that he must share his run-down apartment with a couple thousand singing, dancing cockroaches.

Release Date: 1996-07-26

Character: Rodney Roach (voice)

Vote Count: 343

The Great White Hype

When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Rev. Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training while the confident champ takes it easy and falls out of shape.

Release Date: 1996-05-03

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 100

Cosmic Slop

In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the destiny of the world's minorities: Part I: A conservative African American politician must choose between his people's survival and appeasing his white colleagues when space aliens propose to share their profound knowledge in exchange for all black people on earth. Part II: The Virgin Mary's appearance in an inner-city housing project forces a Hispanic priest to face the hidden cultural origins of Western religion. Part III: On the dawn of the "Black Revolution," an African American couple discovers who the "real" enemy is.

Release Date: 1994-11-08

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 2

House Party 3

Hip Hop duo Kid & Play return in the second follow-up to their 1990 screen debut House Party. Kid (Christopher "Kid" Reid) is taking the plunge and marrying his girlfriend Veda (Angela Means), while his friend Play (Christopher Martin) is dipping his toes into the music business, managing a roughneck female rap act called Sex as a Weapon. Play books the ladies for a concert with heavy-hitting pr

Release Date: 1994-01-11

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Vote Count: 51

Posse

A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for the men who lynched his father.

Release Date: 1993-05-14

Character: Reporter #1

Vote Count: 76

Bebe's Kids

When Robin meets the lovely Jamika he thinks he's in heaven. But when he meets her friend Bebe's children, whom she is looking after, he knows he's in hell.

Release Date: 1992-07-31

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 66

Boomerang

Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger he finds that his new boss, the ravishing Jacqueline, is treating him in exactly the same way. Completely traumatised by this, his work goes badly downhill.

Release Date: 1992-06-30

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 574

Shadowman

A jazz musician finds himself possessed by an ancient spirit of vengeance that leads him into a new and unexplored world of voodoo and dead spirits. Based on the Valiant Comics character.

Department: Directing

Job: Director

House Party 2

Kid'N'Play leave their neighborhood and enter the world of adulthood and higher education. Play attempts to get rich quick in the music business while Kid faces the challenges of college.

Release Date: 1991-10-23

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Vote Count: 102

House Party

Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid doesn't know that three of the thugs at school have decided to give him a lesson in behavior.

Release Date: 1990-01-20

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Burglar #1

Vote Count: 234

She's Gotta Have It

The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit solely to them; Nola resists being "owned" by a single partner.

Release Date: 1986-08-08

Character: Dog 4

Vote Count: 332

Fright Show

Two obscure film critics host four SF/Horror films: The Thing in the Basement, Illegal Alien, Nightfright, and Dr. Dobermind.

Release Date: 1985-10-11

Department: Sound

Job: Sound

Vote Count: 5