Jean-Claude La Marre

Jean-Claude La Marre is a Haitian-American actor, writer, and director. His acting credits include the films Malcolm X and Dead Presidents. On television, he has guest-starred on New York Undercover, Law & Order, and NYPD Blue. He is also the writer/director of the independent films Gang of Roses[1] and Go for Broke.

Jean-Claude La Marre
Jean-Claude La Marre speaking at press conference in Los Angeles on October 9, 2009
Born (1967-10-08) October 8, 1967
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
OccupationActor, producer, director, writer

Biography

La Marre was born in Brooklyn, NY and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Political Science at Brooklyn College. At 22 years old, he served as Chairman of the University Student Senate at CCNY, the highest elected student position in the country. A position he held for 3 years. LaMarre also won the 1992 National Collegiate debate tournament held in Boulder Colorado. He was discovered by Spike Lee at a Commencement brunch. He is an American of Haitian descent.[2]

Films

In 1994, La Marre plays as Jake in Fresh. La Marre's Color of the Cross, is a film that portrays Jesus as a black man, and implies that Christ's persecution was a racially motivated hate crime.[3] His directorial debut was the film Higher Ed.[4]

In 2007, LaMarre set up a distribution output deal for his film label, Nulite Media Group. During this period, he is credited for releasing over 60 feature films. Among the films released through the label are the revisionist western, Gang of Roses, Trapped: Haitian Nights, Broom Wedding, and Nora's Hair Salon, with a cameo by Whitney Houston in the film. In 2017, he wrote and directed "Kinky", a 50 Shades of Grey-esque erotic thriller. The film as released on 700 screens around the country. In 2018, he wrote and directed the upcoming film "Gangland" with singer Tamar Braxton and actors Wood Harris and Clifton Powell.[5][6]

In 2019, he wrote and directed the 3rd movie of the franchise Chocolate City 3 for Patriot Pictures.[7]

References
  1. "Gang of Roses". The New York Times.
  2. "Jean-Claude La Marre". The New York Times.
  3. Johnson, Jason B. (November 7, 2006). "What race was Jesus? 'Color of the Cross' puts a different face on..." San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  4. "Urbanworld Films Aquires [sic] 'Higher Ed'". hive4media.com. April 4, 2001. Archived from the original on April 9, 2001. Retrieved September 21, 2019 – via The Hollywood Reporter.
  5. Tamar Braxton in the Jean Claude La Marre’s Gangland movie on Imdb.com
  6. Tamar Braxton post photo from gangland movie set on celebrityinsider.org
  7. Chocolate City 3 on imdb.com


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