Warrington Hudlin
Warrington W. Hudlin, Jr. (born July 16, 1952) is an American film director, producer, and actor. Early life 
Hudlin was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, the son of Helen (née Cason), a teacher, and Warrington W. Hudlin, Sr., an insurance executive and teacher. His younger brother, Reginald Hudlin, is also a director and producer, and together the Hudlin brothers have produced films including House Party (1990), Bebe's Kids (1992), and Ride (1998). His other brother, Christopher Hudlin, took over their father's insurance business in East St. Louis, IL. Career 
In 1978, Hudlin, professor George Cunningham, and businessman Alric Nembhard, founded the Black Filmmaker Foundation (BFF), a non-profit media arts organization that supports Black filmmaking. Hudlin has a long-standing interest in martial arts, having received a black belt in jiu-jitsu in 1974 from Soke L'il John Davis. His 1980 documentary short, Capoeira of Brazil, was awarded the Blue Ribbon at the American Film Festival. For several years, Hudlin has curated a series of contemporary and classic martial arts and action movies called Fist and Sword at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York. Black Filmmakers Foundation 
In 1978, Hudlin founded the Black Filmmakers Foundation (BFF), a non-profit organization that was created to nurture black filmmakers. Hudlin was the president of the BFF. References

External links
About.Me: official Warrington Hudlin website

Indiana University Bloomington Black Film Center/Archive: Warrington Hudlin Collection
Hudlin Entertainment

African-American film directors
American film directors
American male film actors
1952 births
Living people
20th-century African-American people

20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors