
Rusty Cundieff
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.
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Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 0.2 |
Birthday | 1960-12-13 |
Place of Birth | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
Also Known As |

1994

Fear of a Black Hat
6.1/44
Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button i...
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Fear of a Black Hat

2023

Doing the Hollywood Shuffle
0/0
Actors Rusty Cundieff, Anne-Marie Johnson, and Bobby McGee reflect on the production of Hollywood Shuffle.
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Doing the Hollywood Shuffle

1997

Sprung
5.4/18
Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde makes Adina think he is very rich and gets her in...
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Sprung

2023

57 Seconds
6.1/520
When a tech blogger lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him, he finds a mysterious ring that takes him back 57 seconds into the...
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57 Seconds

2018

Tales from the Hood 2
4.9/55
Mr. Simms returns to tell more eerie, unsettling tales involving dolls, psychics, possession and ghosts.
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Tales from the Hood 2

2006

In Search of Charlie Chan
7/1
A documentary on the creation of the popular Charlie Chan detective character as well as the history of Chan films of the 1930s.
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In Search of Charlie Chan

1995

Tales from the Hood
6.3/165
A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.
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Tales from the Hood

1987

Hollywood Shuffle
6.4/86
Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploit...
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Hollywood Shuffle

2019

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
7.2/68
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history...
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Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

2018

American Nightmares
5/33
Two voyeuristic nerds are hacking the devices of people as they themselves are hacked by the feed from story tellers Mister Malevolent and Mystic Woma...
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American Nightmares

1988

School Daze
5.8/99
Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.
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School Daze

1993

Eddie Presley
4.2/6
Eddie Presley is a down on his luck ex-Elvis impersonator. With his days of fromer glory performing in small to medium-sized clubs behind him, he's st...
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Eddie Presley

2024

Meet Me Next Christmas
6.3/231
On a quest to reconnect with the man of her dreams, Layla races across New York City to find a ticket to a sold-out Pentatonix Christmas Eve concert.
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