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LAMONT LAMAR
Raised in Philadelphia, and now based in Los Angeles, Lamar is a producer, director, and writer. Lamar has worked with award-winning VFX production house NTROPIC _leading him to catch the attention of Founder/President Rhea Scott, of Little Minx_, where he worked as her personal assistant.
With East Coast roots and cultivating West Coast stories, Lamar has pulled from inspiration from his mentor Cheryl Duyne, the work of Lee Daniels and Marlon Riggs. Sharing an array of Queer experiences, Lamar has dedicated his work thus far to understanding the collective experience of Black people within the LGBTQIA+ community. With his distinctive voice, his work extends from short films, commercials, and documentaries. Lamar expertly contextualizes his film’s emotional narratives through their lighting and color palettes. From dramatic reds to saddening blues, his films invite their viewers to follow provocative visuals and heartwrenching shots. It is without a doubt that Lamar’s distinct cinematic style offers a voice to the collective experiences of black youth in the LGBTQ+ community.
He recently just wrapped The Night It Rained that follows the harrowing experience of a queer college student who makes a life-altering decision in an effort to stay enrolled in his program. Lamar already has a new project in post-production, a reimagining of an iconic James Baldwin interview played by Netflix's The Get Down star Tory Devon Smith.
When he looks back someday on his career, Lamar hopes he will have helped create generational growth for the next young creatives to fearlessly tell their own stories.