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Rusty Cundieff

Rusty Cundieff

Director · Born 1960-12-13 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

George Arthur "Rusty" Cundieff (born December 13, 1960) is an American film/television director, actor, and writer. His notable credits are as director/writer of and lead actor in the This Is Spinal Tap-like rap satire Fear of a Black Hat, as writer of the second installment to House Party, and as director of the horror anthology Tales from the Hood. He also directed the 1997 film, Sprung. He was also a director for Chappelle's Show and a correspondent on TV Nation. He also directed and starred in a U Can't Touch This parody titled Yes We Can, which focuses on Barack Obama. Cundieff was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Christina and John A. Cundieff, both of whom appeared in Tales from the Hood. He is married to Trina Davis Cundieff with whom he has two children. Cundieff is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. He also portrayed a fraternity brother (of the fictitious Gamma Phi Gamma) in Spike Lee's School Daze in which actual members of Alpha Phi Alpha were featured. Cundieff is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rusty Cundieff, l…

Directed

  1. Movie 43 (2013) — Director
  2. 57 Seconds (2023) — Director
  3. Chappelle's Show (2003) — Director
  4. Creepshow (2019) — Director
  5. Meet Me Next Christmas (2024) — Director
  6. Tales from the Hood (1995) — Director
  7. The Bernie Mac Show (2001) — Director
  8. Tales from the Hood 2 (2018) — Director
  9. Fear of a Black Hat (1994) — Director
  10. Tales from the Hood 3 (2020) — Director
  11. Clueless (1996) — Director
  12. American Nightmares (2018) — Director
  13. The Wonderful World of Disney (1997) — Director
  14. Sprung (1997) — Director
  15. Christmas in Harmony (2021) — Director
  16. A New Diva's Christmas Carol (2022) — Director
  17. Campus Ladies (2006) — Director
  18. White Water (2015) — Director
  19. The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior (2000) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Meet Me Next Christmas (2024) — Christmas Mime
  2. Tales from the Hood (1995) — Richard (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
  3. School Daze (1988) — Chucky
  4. Hollywood Shuffle (1987) — Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
  5. Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019) — Self
  6. Tales from the Hood 2 (2018) — Press Conference Reporter
  7. Fear of a Black Hat (1994) — Ice Cold
  8. American Nightmares (2018) — Black Lawman
  9. 3:15 the Moment of Truth (1986) — M-16's
  10. Sprung (1997) — Montel
  11. TV Nation (1994)
  12. Eddie Presley (1993) — Guard
  13. MacGruder and Loud (1985) — Perry
  14. In Search of Charlie Chan (2006) — Self
  15. In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 (2025) — Self
  16. Doing the Hollywood Shuffle (2023)