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Rashad Frett is an Award-Winning Caribbean American Filmmaker based in NYC. He pursued the arts seriously after experiencing 9/11 as a Combat Medic in the U.S. Army. At that time, creating a positive social impact through the power of media became his passion. Frett is a recent MFA graduate of the Prestigious NYU Tisch Graduate Film Program.
His dedication to the craft has earned him many awards including a BAFTA - HBO scholarship, a Martin Scorsese Young Filmmakers scholarship, a DGA Student Film Award Winner, a BET Blackhouse Foundation Fellow at Sundance, a Prestigious King Wasserman Award Winner at NYU's First Run film festival, a National Grand Prize Winner of Gentleman Jack's Real to Reel film competition with Omari Hardwick, a Spike Lee Production Fellowship, the first Cary Fukunaga Production Fund Recipient, as well as being selected for the Ryan Murphy’s HALF Initiative Director Shadowing program. His recent film “Ricky” had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and he is a 2023 Sundance Screenwriters Lab Fellow.
Additionally, his work has screened in Prestigious festivals including SXSW, Berlinale, and American Black Film Festival. His work has also aired on Showtime, The Stephen Colbert Show, NPR Tiny Desk, Tidal, and his team was featured in Rolling Stone magazine.
Frett is currently in development of his first feature film, Ricky. He is represented by WME.
  • Writer (4 Credits)
    Ricky - Script
    Short Script
    Ricky2023
    Short, Student
    K.I.N.G.2019
    Short
    Prototype2017
    Short, Student
  • Director (4 Credits)
    Ricky2023
    Short, Student
    K.I.N.G.2019
    Short
    Prototype2017
    Short, Student
    The Second District2011
    Television
Best Short Film (Oscar Qualifying)
Ricky
Woodstock Film Festival
Woodstock Film Festival
2023
Audience Award - Best Student Short
Ricky
Palm Springs ShortFest
Palm Springs, CA
2023
King Wasserman Award - Best Graduate Film
Ricky
First Run Festival
New York, NY
2023
Official Selection
Ricky
Sundance Film Festival
Park City, Utah
2023
Best Student Film
K.I.N.G.
Bronzelens Film Festival
Atlanta, Georgia
2019
2019 National Grand Prize Winner
K.I.N.G.
Gentleman Jack's Real to Reel short film Competition
Miami
2019
King Wasserman Award 3rd Prize & Craft Awards (Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography
K.I.N.G.
NYU First Run Film Festival
New York
2019
DGA Student Film Award
K.I.N.G.
DGA Theatre
New York
2018
Best Urban Short Film
The Second District
New York International Film Festival
New York City
2011
College
New York University
Graduate Film
20162021
College
Central Connecticut State University
Communication B.A.
20052009
Birth City
Hartford, CT
Current City
NYC
Hometown
Virgin Islands
Gender
Male
P.I.K. (Progression Is Key)
There's no Cinema without Storytelling which knits us to our ancestors.
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