Darian Lane

Darian Lane
Darian Lane

Darian Lane is an American film writer, director, and producer, best known as an assistant director and producer of music videos and commercials. He has worked with Muhammad Ali, Beyoncé, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Black-Eyed Peas, Mary J. Blige, Pharrell, Gwen Stefani, Chris Brown, Audioslave, Nike, Reebok, Pet Smart, Pepsi, and IBM.[1]

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, Darian Lane graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in communications and moved to Los Angeles.[1]

In Los Angeles, Lane worked in an editing facility before working as a production assistant on music videos and commercials, and then as assistant director and producer.[1] He began screenwriting and his first film, The Hitchhiking Game, based on a Milan Kundera short story went to Cannes. His film The Collector, went to the NY/LA International and Malibu Film Festivals.[2][3]

Darian Lane is the creator of the television series "CABARET", the beach volleyball reality show "AVP", and the uncredited creator of the tv series Flesh & Bone on Starz.[4]

He also wrote and directed a number of plays including: The Broadway Play, Beautiful Corpses, Contempt, Grisley Fables, The Painting, Backstage, and Birth of a Murderer.[5][6][7]

Lane has also written articles for The New York Times, The Malibu Times, Los Angeles Times and Ebony as well as published 7 novels, "The Girlfriend Experience", "The Great American Novel", "unabridged", "GASLIGHT", "The Sci-Fi Fantasy", "The Novel (a memoir)", "BLACK LinkedIn" "Flashy Fiction (series)", "Hashtag" and True Hollywood Stories[8][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Royal, Darryle (2013-02-27). "ASU Alumnus Darian Lane Discusses His New Book Flashy Fiction," Working with Muhammad Ali, and His Next Projects". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  2. ^ "Past Films". nylaiff.com. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  3. ^ "A touch of Sundance at Malibu". Malibu Times. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  4. ^ "AVP - Reality Show (Sizzle) - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  5. ^ "The Broadway Play".
  6. ^ "BIRTH OF A MURDERER".
  7. ^ Jones, Nathaniel. "Review: BIRTH OF A MURDERER at Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre". BroadwayWorld.com.
  8. ^ "Invisible Sentence". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-07-31.

1. Malibu Times article: The history of celebrating America's birthday • The Malibu Times

2. Malibu Times article: Cause of Paradise Cove fire still unknown • The Malibu Times

3. Malibu Times article: A decade in Malibu • The Malibu Times

4. New York Times article: Tiny Love Stories: ‘Gay, Dominant, Single, White, Female’

5. Ebony article: Op-Ed: The Problem with White Writers Writing Black Stories

6. LA Times article: Do not use

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