Tim Story

Tim Story consistently smashes stereotypes of what young, Black directors can accomplish. A graduate of the University of Southern California's film school, Story began directing music videos in the 1990s, bringing his cinematic style to R&B, rap and popmusic.

Soon Story made the jump to longer-form work, writing, producing, editing and directing. His 1997 indie film, One of us Tripped, won best feature in the Black Filmmaker's Hall of Fame film festival.

His success brought him into the mainstream, directing the cult classic Barbershop in 2002 and later Taxi, starring Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Gisele Bündchen and Jennifer Esposito.

Story's next move was a coup of superhero proportion. He went from comedies to comics and directed the greatest superhero family of all time, the Fantastic Four in 2005. That was fantastic enough to earn Story a sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, which brought in over $289 million.

He went on to executive produce the Fox television series "Standoff," the comedy First Sunday and directed Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker in Hurricane Season, the true story of a high school basketball coach in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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