Preston A. Whitmore II Filmography

Occupation:: Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Teleplay By, Screenwriter
Biography:: Like Carl Franklin (Devil in a Blue Dress) and Bryan Barber (Idlewild), one of African-American writer/director Preston A. Whitmore II's first career moves involved carrying mainstream black cinema in an unusual direction. The native Detroiter's 1995 debut, The Walking Dead, marked a cinematic...Read More

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This Christmas

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Loretta Devine, Chris Brown, Keith Robinson

Synopsis: Upon gathering together under one roof for the first time in seven years, an estranged family celebrating Christmas rediscovers long-forgotten bonds in this holiday family reuniondrama starring Delroy Lindo, Regina King, and Mekhi Phifer. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

11/21/07
Crossover

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Anthony Mackie, Wesley Jonathan, Wayne Brady, Kristen Wilson, Lil' J.J.

Synopsis: Director Preston A. Whitmore II brings the thrill of the street to the big screen with a fast-moving tale of underground basketball that proves no matter what team you play for, in the end it's all about how much game you've got. The stroke of midnight has sounded and the crowd has gathered; it's Read More

9/1/06
Doing Hard Time

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Giancarlo Esposito, Boris Kodjoe, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Jaszmin Lexis

Synopsis: A man turns to crime in the name of justice in this hard-hitting drama. Michael (Boris Kodjoe) was a good father and a law-abiding citizen until the day his seven-year-old son was accidentally killed in an exchange of gunfire between two gangs of drug dealers. Michael became obsessed with seeing Read More

2004
Civil Brand

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: LisaRaye, Mos Def, N'Bushe Wright, Monica Calhoun, Da Brat

Synopsis: Television director Neema Barnette directs the forceful drama Civil Brand, based on a story by Preston A. Whitmore II. Shot with a micro-budget of 500,000 dollars, the film stars confrontational rap and hip-hop artists Mos Def, MC Lyte, and Da Brat. The story concerns a women's prison that Read More

8/29/03
Lockdown

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Richard T. Jones, Gabriel Casseus, De'Aundre Bonds, Melissa DeSousa, Bill Nunn, Master P, Joe Torry

Synopsis: A prison drama centering on the travails of three friends unjustly imprisoned for a crime they didn't commit, Lockdown opens with Avery (Richard T. Jones), a talented young swimmer who desperately wants to free himself, his wife Krista (Melissa De Sousa), and their infant son from life in the Read More

2/14/02
Blood Crime

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter, Teleplay By

Actors: James Caan, Johnathon Schaech, Elizabeth Lackey, Andrew Binns

Synopsis: At first, the made-for-cable melodrama Blood Crime seems determined to emulate the classic Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Revenge" -- but there's far, far more to it than that. Vacationing in the forest outside his native Seattle, city detective Daniel Pruitt (Johnathon Schaech) is stunned Read More

2002
Fled

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Salma Hayek, Will Patton

Synopsis: Though serving a prison sentence for using his computer to embezzle from an international corporation, Dodge (Stephen Baldwin) still thinks of himself as an ordinary criminal. His fellow convict, Piper (Lawrence Fishburne), whose basic decency leads him to protect Dodge from an assault by another Read More

1996
The Walking Dead

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Allen Payne, Eddie Griffin, Joe Morton, Vonte Sweet, Roger Floyd

Synopsis: Using relatively unknown actors, first-time screenwriter-director Preston A. Whitmore II examines the effects of the Vietnam War on four black Marines sent on a doomed prisoner-of-war rescue mission. The four men are what's left of a platoon that's been decimated after landing behind enemy lines. Read More

1995