Born in New York, but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jamal Hill was fascinated with all of the arts particularly music and movies. As a result he studied screen writing and directing. After years of studying and honing his craft Hill and his mother ambitiously produced a $10,000 independent film entitled "Money Power Respect" from a 75 page script he wrote. He shot it in eleven days with three of his film colleagues, family members and local Philadelphia theater actors. The film won Philly Underground Film Festival and was ultimately distributed by Jeff Clanagan's Code Black Entertainment. Soon after its release a Will Smith and Overbrook Entertainment associate, Charlie Mack Alston reached out to Hill about his talent. Subsequently, Hill began working on films such as "I Am Legend", "Hancock", "Iron Man". After a meeting with legendary talent manager Troy Carter, Hill directed Lady Gaga's "The Fame" short concert movie entitled "Candy Warhol". In 2010, Hill returned to Philadelphia to directed a music based feature film entitled "Streets" starring hip hop star Meek Mill and Nafessa Wiliams star of The CW's Black Lightning (also produced by Alston) that was released nationally by the BET network in 2012. As a result he landed a deal with Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit Entertainment to write and direct a slate of films, including "Brotherly Love" his first theatrically released film that was nominated for an NAACP IMAGE AWARD for Outstanding Independent Motion Picture and "Deuces" starring Larenz Tate, Lance Gross and Meagan Good released on Netflix. Hill is currently writing, directing and producing original film and television content under the Philavision Entertainment banner.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 25, 1972 (53)
- Director and writer, also actor and producer
- 12 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
What are Jamal Hill's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
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 10
Light 2 · Serious 5 · Dark 3
Grounded 9 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 6 · Intense 2
Steady 3 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 7 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 2
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet7
- Ambiguous2
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 Jamal Hill's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).
- Coins for Love (2020) · director · free
- Brotherly Love (2015) · director, writer · free
- A Haitian Wedding (2023) · director, producer · free
- A Holiday Chance (2021) · director, writer, producer · free
- Deuces (2016) · director, writer · free
- True to the Game 2 (2020) · director · free
- Secret Society 3: 'Til Death (2023) · director · free
- Her Little Secret (2017) · producer · free
- Secrets (2017) · writer, producer · free
- Legacy (2023) · director · free
Subscription and free streaming for Jamal Hill'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
23 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.
CheckMate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Sugar Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Married to a Balla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
A Haitian Wedding(2023)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Legacy(2023)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Secret Society 2: Never Enough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
A Holiday Chance(2021)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Lace(2021)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows
Secret Society (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Available Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
True to the Game 2(2020)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Coins for Love(2020)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Sins of the Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Coins for Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Secrets(2017)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Deuces(2016)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Her Little Secret(2017)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Brotherly Love(2015)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Streets(2011)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Money Power Respect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Loving Venus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Rocky Top College (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 21 titles, 19 of them dated from 2006 to 2025.
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 Jamal Hill's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 12 titles are Divisive.
- Divisive10
- Cult Classic1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 56/100 and the pacing 51/100 in their films, across 6 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 Jamal Hill work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jamal Hill's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Chris Paultre shares the most, 6.
Writers
- Curtis BryantShared titles: A Holiday Chance (2021), Deuces (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Curtis Bryant
Actors
- Jeremy MeeksShared titles: Legacy (2023), Secret Society 3: 'Til Death (2023), True to the Game 2 (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Jeremy Meeks
- Nafessa WilliamsShared titles: A Holiday Chance (2021), Brotherly Love (2015), Streets (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Nafessa Williams
- Andra FullerShared titles: Legacy (2023), True to the Game 2 (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Andra Fuller
- Barton FitzpatrickShared titles: A Haitian Wedding (2023), Legacy (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Barton Fitzpatrick
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Chris PaultreShared titles: A Haitian Wedding (2023), Legacy (2023), A Holiday Chance (2021), True to the Game 2 (2020), Deuces (2016), Brotherly Love (2015)See all 6 shared titles with Chris Paultre
- Salvatore SclafaniShared titles: Legacy (2023), A Holiday Chance (2021), True to the Game 2 (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Salvatore Sclafani
- David WolfgangShared titles: A Holiday Chance (2021), True to the Game 2 (2020)See all 2 shared titles with David Wolfgang
- Matthew JoffeShared titles: Brotherly Love (2015), Streets (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew Joffe
Producers
- Manny HalleyShared titles: Legacy (2023), A Holiday Chance (2021), True to the Game 2 (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Manny Halley
- Rodney Turner IIShared titles: Legacy (2023), A Holiday Chance (2021), True to the Game 2 (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Rodney Turner II
- Yolanda HalleyShared titles: Legacy (2023), A Holiday Chance (2021), True to the Game 2 (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Yolanda Halley
- Ron RobinsonShared titles: Coins for Love (2020), Deuces (2016), Brotherly Love (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Ron Robinson