WRITER
DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
Huriyyah is an award-winning director, writer and producer whose projects have been invited to the Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Institute, Outfest, Newfest, AFI, Austin Film Festival, New Voices in Black Cinema, American Black Film Festival and selected by The Criterion Collection. Huriyyah is the 2024 HBO Short Film Competition Winner, a 2024 SeriesFest Winner, a Sundance Creative Producing Award Winner, and an alum of the prestigious AFI Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) and the Film Independent Episodic Directing Intensive.
Huriyyah’s directing projects invites audiences to take the journey with her as she tackles tough subjects – death, divorce, eviction – with humor and heart. Huriyyah’s sci-fi digital series, KELOID, has become a cult favorite – winning at multiple festivals. Her fantasy shorts, OUTGROWN and WONDERS, both toured extensively domestically and internationally, winning multiple Best Short and Best Cinematography Awards. Her Excellence in Storytelling Award, at SeriesFest 2024 for her intergenerational short NANI’S BIRYANI, was the first of its kind. Her most recent directorial project, CHOCOLATE WITH SPRINKLES, the 2024 HBO Short Film Competition winner starring Reno Wilson, is a heartwarming, life-affirming tale inspired by memories growing up in her family’s Cleveland, Ohio donut bakery.
MY WORK
Losing my parents at a young age was a defining moment in my life, shaping the stories I want to tell and the way I want to tell them. I’m drawn to genres like sci-fi, fantasy, and magical realism because they allow me to explore themes of family, identity, and resilience in unique and unexpected ways. Not only this, but I find the greatest joy in working with children and young actors because they are the most loving, empathetic and joyful humans on the planet.
TO WHOM
MUCH IS
GIVEN...
I co-founded the Black TV & Film Collective because together we can positively impact equity and inclusion in TV & film.
Today, the Black TV & Film Collective is an artist led 501c3 organization supporting over 1400 artists of African descent. We operate in three key areas – craft building, relationship building and production support. Our members are writers, directors, producers, editors, actors and more.
Visit our website to learn more.
LET'S
CHAT.
Representation
Erwin More | More/Medavoy Management
erwin@moremedavoy.com
Personal
New York, NY | Los Angeles, CA
huriyyah@gmail.com | Tel: 424-200-5880