Ricardo Sean Thompson

Ricardo Sean Thompson is Jamaican born New York City based independent filmmaker whose first feature film Rap War One (2004), starring multi-platinum rap artist Greg Mays and battle rap super star Justin "Math Hoffa" Edwards, world premiered at the 2003 American Black Film Festival where it was acquired by Maverick Entertainment for distribution. His second film A Kiss of Chaos (2009) world premiere at the American Black Film Festival; screened at the New York International Latino Film Festival; and won Best Feature Film at the SoHo International Film Festival. Thompson was a finalist for the 2022 Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program; 2023 YouTube Originals Black Voices Creator Fellowship; and the 2023 CBS Studios/NAACP Venture Writers Program. His short film Boost (2022) was selected to world premiere at the 2022 Pan African Film Festival and his other short Bandulu (2022) world premiered at the HBO sponsored 2022 Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival. Bandulu (2022) also screened at the 2022 San Francisco Black Film Festival, 2022 NY Shorts International Film Festival, and was a Best Short Film Award finalist at the 2022 Charlotte Black Film Festival. In 2023 the script for his unproduced pilot Trench Town reached a ranking of #2 on The Black List Top 80 pilots; is ranked in the Top 5% of all scripts on Coverfly; is a quarter finalist in the 2023 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition; a semi-finalist in the 2023 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition; and is ranked in the Top 100 Scripts in the 10th Annual Launch Pad Pilot Competition. Thompson's goal as an aspiring film and television writer/director is to produce untold thrilling and intriguing stories that center around people of color.