John Ridley (born 1965) is an American screenwriter, film director, novelist, television showrunner and writer known for 12 Years a Slave and Three Kings. Read full biography of John Ridley →
If there are two kinds of people in the world - DC Comics people and Marvel Comics people - what kind am I? Well, to be honest... I'm a Wildstorm... →
In every election cycle that I can recall, there comes a moment - or a few - where charges of elitism and claims of commonness are wielded by... →
Republicans can be a funny bunch. They're against affirmative action, but they always seem to be able to find people of color to fill a slot just... →
The thing about working in Hollywood is that, at some point, you really get tired of hearing how godless you are, and how if you and the rest of the... →
There are still some people out there who believe comic books are nothing more than, well, comic books. But the true cognoscenti know graphic novels... →
There's no disputing that for pols, the Internet is a great way to connect with people and raise some cash and post 'Sopranos' parodies... →
Why is it that the very people who have fought so hard and so long for the simple entitlement to love whom they choose to love are the very ones... →
Writing a screenplay needs to be more than words on a page - and by the way, I think the words on the page are something you have to try to execute... →
I still have my first 'Black Lightning' that I got way back in the day, and my first 'Steel.' And I proudly display those comics, by... →
With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.'
Even I haven't downed enough L.A. Kool-Aid to believe that somehow Hollywood movies are an overt instrument of morality.
I can tell you from personal experience it gets a little tiring having to make the rounds on cable shows to explain 'what's up with black... →
I understand politicos gotta make bank. But cloistering with the Hollywood elite is not how you prove you're a man of the people.
John Ridley (born 1965) is an American screenwriter, film director, novelist, television showrunner and writer known for 12 Years a Slave and Three Kings.