Person
Suzan-Lori Parks
Writing · Born 1963-05-10 · Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States
Biography
Suzan-Lori Parks is an American playwright, screenwriter, musician and novelist. Her 2001 play Topdog/Underdog won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2002; Parks is the first African American woman to achieve this honor for drama. Description above from the Wikipedia article Suzan-Lori Parks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Genius
Executive Producer
Girl 6
Writer
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Screenplay
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Teleplay
Native Son
Writer
The Topdog Diaries
Self
The Black List: Volume One
Self
The Making of Plus One
Skye Brown - the director
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self
Anemone Me
Director
Filmography
- 2021The United States vs. Billie HolidayScreenplay
- 2021The United States vs. Billie Holiday Special: Lee Daniels and Cast Interviewed by Oprah WinfreySelf
- 2019Native SonWriter
- 2017GeniusExecutive Producer
- 2015August Wilson: The Ground on Which I StandSelf
- 2010The Making of Plus OneSkye Brown - the director
- 2008The Black List: Volume OneSelf
- 2005Their Eyes Were Watching GodTeleplay
- 2002The Topdog DiariesSelf
- 1996Girl 6Writer
- 1990Anemone MeDirector
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