As Director, As Writer
Judas and the Black Messiah
2021
7.3
Shaka King
Directing
Birth date
March 7, 1980
Birth place
New York, New York, USA
Biography
Shaka King is a writer, director, and producer whose films Cocoa Loco and Herkimer DuFrayne, 7th Grade Guidance Counselor have screened at festivals and on various networks internationally. Newlyweeds, King’s first feature, was developed in the Emerging Narrative workshop at IFP and was awarded a postproduction grant from Rooftop Films/Edgeworx Studios. He lives in Brooklyn, where he was born and raised.
