Yor-El Francis Explained

Yor-El Francis
Birth Name:Yor-El Francis
Birth Place:Monrovia, Liberia
Nationality:Liberian
American
Years Active:2009–present
Occupation:Director, producer, assistant director

Yor-El Francis is a Liberian–American filmmaker and film producer.[1] He is most notable as the director of critically acclaimed award-winning film, Murder in the Cassava Patch (2012).[2] [3]

Personal life

He was born in Monrovia, Liberia to a prominent Liberian family; the Martins of Grand Bassa County and the Francis from Marshall. He first attended the Hilton Van Ee School and then American Cooperative School for primary education. Later he attended the Sierra Leone Grammar School in Freetown, Sierra Leone to complete his secondary education. His father owned companies in Ghana, Haiti, Liberia, Sierra Leone, California and Miami and meanwhile, his mother owned a boutique in Monrovia.

Career

After secondary education, he moved to USA with his family and settled in New York City. Then he attended to Hunter College, a liberal arts school on Manhattan's Upper East and studied film and interned at MTV Networks. Later, he obtained a Master of Arts in Film Directing from the City University of New York. In 2003, he was included into the two-year Directors Guild of America's Producer Training Plan.

First he joined as an intern at MTV Networks, then moved to BET, before landing a job at FOX. He started film career as an Assistant Director on motion pictures, television and commercials. He was the second assistant director for many television series and films, including The West Wing (1999), NCIS (2003), The Closer (2005), Crank (2006), Brothers & Sisters (2006), and Zeke and Luther (2009). In 2005, he won the African Film Commission's top prize for screen-writing for his screenplay Piankhi, the Prince of Egypt.

In 2012, he made his maiden feature film, Murder in the Cassava Patch, which is based on his native Liberia.[4] During his visit to Liberia for the film, he met Peter Ballah, with whom he started to produce the film. Later in the film, his entire cast became the children of Ballah.

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 11 Questions: Yor-EL Francis, Writer, Director, Producer . liberianlistener . 11 November 2020.
  2. Web site: FILMS DIRECTED BY Yor-El Francis . letterboxd . 11 November 2020.
  3. Web site: YOR-EL FRANCIS: DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER. MUBI . 11 November 2020.
  4. Web site: Yor-El Francis: Director · Executive Producer · Line Producer · Producer · Unit Production Manager · Writer. slated . 11 November 2020.

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