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Herman Wilkins

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Based on Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun's 1890 existentialist masterpiece "HUNGER"; an out-of-work screenwriter, Charlie Pontus (JOSEPH CULP), wanders the streets of Los Angeles facing homelessness and starvation unless studio producer, The Chief, (ROBERT CULP), will buy his screenplay. 

Screened as a work-in-progress in 2001, SF Indiefest called "HUNGER"  "Powerful, compassionate and astringently funny". Completed in 2007, "HUNGER" won Best Feature at the Moondance International Film Festival and "Best Underground Film" at FAIF Film Festival. It held it's European premiere at the 2007 Nordkapp Film Festival in Norway.
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Hunger (2001)
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Herman Wilkins is a Southern-born, Midwestern raised Writer, Filmmaker and Californian.

As a writer, Herman recently collaborated on film and TV versions of Flight of the Swallow, an historical biography on the first African American Fighter Pilot in World War I Eugene Bullard. Current projects include the time-traveling musical anthology 1-hour drama The Gospel of Ezra, and the Sundance Sloan Finalists 2019 The Girl Who Would Fly, a historical-biopic on the life of Ada Lovelace. Herman is also near completion on his civil war era novel The Nights of Shattuck Plain.

Formerly a Production Manager and DEI Lead with advertising agency Across the Pond, he was also a Development Executive and Head of Production for AHI Films where he oversaw production of Medicine Men and Mister Monster, and distribution of SkyArk. With NBC Universal's Partnerships and Innovations, he was a part of the production and marketing team for The Voice - Nissan and Kohls Accounts. In addition, he has worked with David and Goliath Advertising representing accounts such as Starlight Foundation and Kia Motors America. He also has produced independent and new media offerings including feature films HOGTOWN and Medicine Men, and the series pilots Deprogrammed and Joan. New media and gaming credits include the Borderlands 3 media launch with Halon Entertainment and Mental Mistakes and the series Making It? with StudioBinder.

Herman has also appeared on screen in Television shows such as The Shield and films such as The 5th Passenger and will next be seen in Apple TV's 2023 Limited Series Lady In The Lake.
BornMay 27, 1975
BornMay 27, 1975
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    Affairs in Order
    • Louis
    • 2008
    Daniel Nearing, Fabrice Calmels, Eve Rydberg, and Cameron Knight in Sister Carrie (2022)
    Sister Carrie
    • Writer
    • 2022
    Hogtown (2014)
    Hogtown
    7.6
    • Deandre Son Carter
    • 2014
    Broken Cookies
    8.0
    • Writer
    • 2002

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    • Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram in Lady in the Lake (2024)
      Lady in the Lake
      6.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Felix
      • 2024
    • Bernard Rose, Herman Wilkins, Naciya Watts, Chris R. Notarile, Lindsey Bean, and Ryleigh Leggett in The Bride of Candyman (2021)
      The Bride of Candyman
      6.3
      Short
      • Candyman
      • 2021
    • Junkie (2018)
      Junkie
      4.9
      • JD
      • 2018
    • Joan (2018)
      Joan
      Short
      • Special Agent
      • 2018
    • 5th Passenger (2017)
      5th Passenger
      3.3
      • Kanelo
      • 2017
    • Searching for Venice (2015)
      Searching for Venice
      • Graham
      • 2015
    • Hogtown (2014)
      Hogtown
      7.6
      • Deandre Son Carter
      • 2014
    • Affairs in Order
      • Louis
      • 2008
    • Stana Katic in Stiletto (2008)
      Stiletto
      4.8
      • Treat
      • 2008
    • American Son (2008)
      American Son
      5.7
      • Aaron
      • 2008
    • Michael Chiklis in The Shield (2002)
      The Shield
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Jantell Davis
      • 2004
    • Bonnie Bedelia, Nancy McKeon, Lela Rochon, Lisa Vidal, and Tracey Needham in The Division (2001)
      The Division
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Third Man
      • 2004
    • Jamie Luner in 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003)
      10-8: Officers on Duty
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Imo
      • 2003
    • Hunger (2001)
      Hunger
      7.7
      • Social Worker
      • 2001
    • Sink or Swim
      Sink or Swim
      Short
      • Clay Barlow

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    • Kristen Renton, Johann Urb, Stevie Long, Elvina Beck, and Mercedes Manning in Strictly Sexual: The Series (2011)
      Strictly Sexual: The Series
      6.4
      TV Mini Series
      • production assistant
      • 2011

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    • Mental Mistakes (2019)
      Mental Mistakes
      4.6
      Short
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Joan (2018)
      Joan
      Short
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Hogtown (2014)
      Hogtown
      7.6
      • co-producer
      • 2014
    • Affairs in Order
      • producer
      • 2008

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    • Height
      • 6′ (1.83 m)
    • Born
      • May 27, 1975
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
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      First movie in a theater was ET: The Extra Terrestrial. First Audition in Los Angeles was for the role Cinque in Amistad.
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      My career in Film is definitely a journey. I still am trying to figure out how to navigate auditions in the valley.
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      • Herman / Trip

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