Rusty Cundieff

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1960-12-13 (64 years old)

Place of Birth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Rusty Cundieff

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, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

2024
2023
57 Seconds

as Director

2021
2020
2019
Creepshow

as Director

2018
2018
2015
White Water

as Director

2013
Movie 43

as Director

2006
Campus Ladies

as Director

2003
Chappelle's Show

as Director

2001
1997
Sprung

as Director

1996
Clueless

as Director

1995
1994

Actor

2024
Meet Me Next Christmas

as Christmas Mime

2023
57 Seconds

as Detective

2018
American Nightmares

as Black Lawman

2018
Tales from the Hood 2

as Press Conference Reporter

1997
Sprung

as Montel

1995
Tales from the Hood

as Richard (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")

1994
1993
Eddie Presley

as Guard

1988
School Daze

as Chucky

1987
Hollywood Shuffle

as Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type

1985
What's Happening Now!!

as J.B. Whitney

1985

Writer

2023
57 Seconds

as Screenplay

2020
2018
Tales from the Hood 2

as Screenplay

2018
1997
Sprung

as Writer

1995
1994
1991
House Party 2

as Screenplay

1991
House Party 2

as Story

Producer

2020
2018
2018