Known For
Directing
Born
Dec 13, 1960
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
30 titles
Rusty Cundieff
Biography
George Arthur "Rusty" Cundieff (born December 13, 1960) is an American film/television director, actor, and writer. His notable credits are as director/writer of and lead actor in the This Is Spinal Tap-like rap satire Fear of a Black Hat, as writer of the second installment to House Party, and as director of the horror anthology Tales from the Hood. He also directed the 1997 film, Sprung. He was also a director for Chappelle's Show and a correspondent on TV Nation. He also directed and starred in a U Can't Touch This parody titled Yes We Can, which focuses on Barack Obama. Cundieff was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Christina and John A. Cundieff, both of whom appeared in Tales from the Hood. He is married to Trina Davis Cundieff with whom he has two children. Cundieff is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. He also portrayed a fraternity brother (of the fictitious Gamma Phi Gamma) in Spike Lee's School Daze in which actual members of Alpha Phi Alpha were featured. Cundieff is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rusty Cundieff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
Self
Meet Me Next Christmas
Christmas Mime
57 Seconds
Director
Doing the Hollywood Shuffle
A New Diva's Christmas Carol
Director
Christmas in Harmony
Director
Tales from the Hood 3
Director
Creepshow
Director
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Self
American Nightmares
Black Lawman
Tales from the Hood 2
Press Conference Reporter
White Water
Director
Movie 43
Director
In Search of Charlie Chan
Self
Campus Ladies
Director
Chappelle's Show
Director
The Bernie Mac Show
Director
The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior
Director
The Wonderful World of Disney
Director
Sprung
Montel
Clueless
Director
Tales from the Hood
Richard (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
TV Nation
Fear of a Black Hat
Ice Cold
Eddie Presley
Guard
House Party 2
Screenplay
School Daze
Chucky
Hollywood Shuffle
Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
3:15 the Moment of Truth
M-16's
MacGruder and Loud
Perry