Channing Godfrey Peoples
Channing Godfrey Peoples | |
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Nationality | American |
Education | Baylor University (BA) University of Southern California (MFA) |
Occupation | Writer, director, producer |
Years active | 2013 ― present |
Notable work | Miss Juneteenth |
Spouse(s) | Neil Creque Williams |
Children | 1 |
Channing Godfrey Peoples is an American writer, director, and producer. Her feature film directorial debut Miss Juneteenth received critical acclaim.[1][2]
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Early life and education
Peoples was raised on the south side of Fort Worth in what she referred to as "Black Texas".[3][4][5] Her family regularly attended Black theatre performances, which influenced Peoples to read classic Black literature by writers such as Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor.[6]
She received her bachelor's degree in theater from Baylor University and her master of fine arts degree from University of Southern California.[4][6]
Career
Miss Juneteenth
Peoples began writing Miss Juneteenth in 2013, shortly after completing film school.[7] She was inspired to write the film because she grew up attending Juneteenth celebrations and Miss Juneteenth pageants and the holiday holds great significance for her.[3] She attended the Sundance Creative Producing Summit and other writing workshops to continue to develop the screenplay.[1] When the film was in pre-production, Peoples was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film 2018.[2] Miss Juneteenth, also Peoples' directorial debut, premiered at Sundance 2020 and was released VOD on Juneteenth of that year.[3][8] The film received critical acclaim and holds a 99% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[9]
She cites Julie Dash, Jonathan Demme, and her mentor Charles Burnett as influences.[7]
Other work
Peoples wrote two episodes of the third season of Queen Sugar.[6][10]
In January 2021 it was announced that Peoples signed a first look deal with Universal Content Productions.[11] Her first scheduled project is to create a television adaptation of Miss Juneteenth.[11]
Peoples' wrote and directed the short film Doretha's Blues, which debuted at SXSW in 2021.[12] The movie stars Tonea Stewart and follows "a former musician whose son was killed by police and who can no longer find it in her to sing."[13] She was inspired to write Doretha's Blues in the aftermath of Michael Brown's death, as she was interested in the lives of the family left behind.[12] Like Miss Juneteenth, the film is set in Fort Worth, Texas.[14]
Personal life
Peoples is married to producer Neil Creque Williams, whom she met in her graduate program at USC.[3] They have one daughter (b. 2018).[3]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Writer | Director | Producer |
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2020 | Miss Juneteenth[12] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2021 | Doretha's Blues[12] | Yes | Yes | No |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Gotham Independent Film Awards | Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award | Miss Juneteenth | Nominated | [15] |
2020 | SXSW | Louis Black Lone Star Award | Won | [16] | |
2020 | BlackStar Film Festival | Best Narrative Feature | Won | [17] | |
2020 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Woman Director | Nominated | [18] | |
2020 | National Board of Review | Best Directorial Debut | Won | [19] | |
2020 | Satellite Awards | Best First Feature | Won | [20] | |
2020 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best First Feature | Nominated | [21] | |
Best First Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
2021 | Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Independent Feature | Nominated | [22] | |
Outstanding Director | Nominated | ||||
Outstanding Emerging Director | Nominated | ||||
Outstanding First Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
Austin Film Festival | New Voice Award | Won | [23] |
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