Rick Famuyiwa (born June 18, 1973) is a Nigerian-American filmmaker and television director. He is best known for the films The Wood(1999), Brown Sugar (2002), and Dope (2015), as well as for his work on the television series The Mandalorian, for which he directed six episodes and served as an executive producer for the third season. His films have been nominated for or won multiple awards, including in 2008, when he received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture for the film Talk To Me (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Rick Famuyiwa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 18, 1973 (53)
- USA
- Director, writer and producer
- 12 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Rick Famuyiwa's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 5 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 3
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Rick Famuyiwa's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Rick Famuyiwa's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
19 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Ugo: A Homecoming Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Ahsoka(2023)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
They Call Me Magic(2022)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
We Will Be Monsters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Mandalorian(2019)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
The Chi(2018)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
The Lost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Confirmation(2016)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Dope(2015)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Our Family Wedding(2010)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Talk to Me(2007)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Brown Sugar(2002)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Wood(1999)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Blacktop Lingo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
48 Hours in Vegas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Sadé (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Rick Famuyiwa Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 19 titles, 16 of them dated from 1996 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Brown Sugar (2002)
Highest rated
Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King (2017)
Most popular right now
Ahsoka (2023)
Film career
- 2026Screen debut· The Mandalorian and Grogu
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Rick Famuyiwa's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 77th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th4
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser9
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 72/100 and the pacing 47/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Rick Famuyiwa work with?
People who share at least 2 of Rick Famuyiwa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dirk Westervelt shares the most, 4.
Actors
- Wendell PierceShared titles: Confirmation (2016), Brown Sugar (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Wendell Pierce
- Sanaa LathanShared titles: Brown Sugar (2002), The Wood (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Sanaa Lathan
- Taye DiggsShared titles: Brown Sugar (2002), The Wood (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Taye Diggs
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Dirk WesterveltShared titles: They Call Me Magic (2022), Confirmation (2016), Our Family Wedding (2010), Brown Sugar (2002)See all 4 shared titles with Dirk Westervelt
- Rachel MorrisonShared titles: They Call Me Magic (2022), Confirmation (2016), Dope (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Rachel Morrison
- Robert HurstShared titles: Brown Sugar (2002), The Wood (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Hurst
Mixed roles
- Magic JohnsonShared titles: They Call Me Magic (2022), Brown Sugar (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Magic Johnson
- Forest WhitakerShared titles: Dope (2015), Our Family Wedding (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Forest Whitaker
