William T. Sutphin

Agent: Sharon Fraizer, Crystal Ship Artists - sharon@crystalshipartists.com

310-962-1151

William Sutphin is a former 2008 DGA winner for his short film, UNCLE KILLA, which he later licensed to HBO/Cinemax. He is a graduate of Columbia University's Film MFA program and has gone on to place as a quarterfinalist in the Nicholl Fellowship. Most recently, William was one of sixteen finalists for the 2020 Universal Writer's Program.

WGA Post-current Member

Male, BIPOC, Black, Over 40

HOODWINKED

(Feature Dramedy - GET OUT meets FRIDAY)

A woke vegan neighborhood activist and a Soul Food Matriarch must put aside their differences to save their beloved Wakefield from greedy corporate house flippers. Will they save their neighbors from eviction, or a fate worse than death..raisins in their potato salad.

BOOKER & OLIVIA

(Period, THE GREAT DEBATERS meets HARRIET)

Two idealistic education missionaries journey to the Deep South to build a school for ex-slaves but when the local cartel cottons loses their workers to a classroom, they threaten to burn the school and everything in it down. Will Booker & Olivia protect their school and build a legacy?

LATE IN THE GAME

(Half hour comedy pilot)

Late-middle-aged pharmacist Jermaine must decide on accepting secure contracted employment or taking a quick buyout and journeying to LA to pursue his writing dreams amid a room of Gen Z influencers.

Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Western, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, Limited Series, Snarky, Magical Realism

Male, BIPOC, Black, Over 40

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