Forbes at the Hip-Hop Theater Festival Anniversary in 2010
Member of the National Council on the Arts
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2022
Nominated by
Joe Biden
President
Joe Biden
Preceded by
Lee Greenwood
Personal details
Born
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Alma mater
Howard University
Occupations
Director
Producer
Curator
Years active
2000–present
Employer
Apollo Theater (2016–present)
Kamilah Forbes is an American curator, producer, and director. She created and directed the Hip Hop Theater Festival from 2000 to 2016. She has held directing roles for television and theater productions such as Holler if Ya Hear Me, The Wiz Live!, and the 2014 revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. Forbes was named executive producer of the Apollo Theater in 2016.[1]
^Spellings, Sarah (2020-03-10). "What the Executive Producer of the Apollo Theater Wears to Work". The Cut. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
KamilahForbes is an American curator, producer, and director. She created and directed the Hip Hop Theater Festival from 2000 to 2016. She has held directing...
a nominated successor. In June 2021, President Joe Biden nominated KamilahForbes to succeed Greenwood. In September 2021, Greenwood told Fox and Friends...
his works included Rhyme Deferred (co-written with Howard classmate KamilahForbes), in which he also performed, and Hieroglyphic Graffiti. Rhyme Deferred...
Coates' 'The Water Dancer' Film Adaptation From Plan B, Harpo Films And KamilahForbes". Retrieved 23 December 2020. Jackson, Angelique (July 7, 2022). "Nia...
actors’ home lives. Both the Apollo and HBO versions are directed by KamilahForbes. The HBO special included appearances by around 20 celebrities and civil...
Arts Council Include Ukulele Legend Jake Shimabukuro, Apollo Theater's KamilahForbes & Indie Record Label President". 24 June 2021. "TEDxSanDiego | TED.com"...
Congress. December 18, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2021. "PN755 — KamilahForbes — National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 117th Congress...
2008, producers of Def Poetry (including Simmons, Stan Lathan, and KamilahForbes) developed and broadcast the HBO poetry show Brave New Voices, which...
Theatre on December 8, 2011, directed by Kenny Leon, assistant director KamilahForbes, set design David Gallo, costume design Reggie Ray, lighting design...
LAByrinth Theatre Company on November 6, 2013 under the direction of KamilahForbes. Night Vision 2013 10 Minutes Night Vision was originally commissioned...
choreographers Rennie Harris and Adia Whitaker and it was directed by KamilahForbes. In the fall of 2007 he appeared on the cover of Smithsonian Magazine...
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Bill T. Jones, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and Apollo Theater Executive Producer KamilahForbes. The Possible VR Series: In 2017, Cohen and collaborator Deron Triff...
Rokafella and Kwikstep, Dipankar Mukherjee, Baba Israel, Rha Goddess, KamilahForbes, Magdalena Gomez, Alice Tuan, and Garland Farwell. Scholar/activist...
Project – Roger Ross Williams, Phil Bertelsen, Jonathan Clasberry, KamilahForbes, Shoshana Guy, Naimah Jabali-Nash and Christina Turner, directors (Hulu)...
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