Rashad Frett

Award winning Director/Cinematographer/Editor from New England, based in NYC.

"Following cookie cut formulas suck, you make history creating your own lane."

[Rashad Frett @DirectaShad_860]

Thank you @welliver_titus for being apart of this film. It was an honor! Your performance and wisdom were epic! This is one of many stories we must tell to the world!

[TitusWelliver @welliver_titus]

Coming this Friday. Blessed to be a part of this moving and poignant film🙏

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

“Sometimes you’ve got to be bold about it,” Sheryl Lee Ralph says. The Emmy winner is among the first to log onto a Zoom conversation about her new film Ricky, and before all have even arrived, nicely sums up their movie’s journey of defying expectations. https://t.co/dqO24C3T5F

[Rashad Frett @DirectaShad_860]

Thank you @SundanceSatter ! 🙏

[Michelle Satter @SundanceSatter]

The great film RICKY directed by Rashad Frett, supported by @sundanceorg Feature Labs, and winner of the Directors Award @sundancefest will open in theaters on April 24🩵Highly recommend finding a theater near you to be there opening weekend!

[Rashad Frett @DirectaShad_860]

Nyberg: Sundance film shot by Connecticut native in Hartford https://t.co/BS5u8QSg9U

[Rashad Frett @DirectaShad_860]

RICKY Trailer (2026) Sheryl Lee Ralph https://t.co/q5A7iSLaoa via @YouTube

In theaters March 20th.

[Rashad Frett @DirectaShad_860]

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[VIMooZ Blog @VIMOOZ]

In Rashad Frett's RICKY, Stephan James stars as 30-year-old Ricky, newly released after being locked up in his teens, who has to navigate the realities of life post-incarceration. | https://t.co/Vnqt1FZw5C

Also starring in the film are Sheryl Lee Ralph, Titus Welliver, Maliq Johnson.

Ricky opens in theaters on March 20

[Will Landman 🍥 @WillTheLandMan]

Of the 2025 films I’ve seen I can name only a handful made predominantly by black creatives:

SINNERS — dir Ryan Coogler
RICKY — dir. Rashad Frett
ASH — dir. Flying Lotus
OPUS — dir. Mark Anthony Green
ONE OF THEM DAYS — dir. Lawrence Lamont
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I’m sure I’m missing some too but those are the ones I can recall off top & Nia DaCosta’s HEDDA hitting festivals soonish.

[Rashad Frett @DirectaShad_860]

Thank you @sagaftraFOUND for the interview on our feature film RICKY!

https://t.co/DsiglRWbeh

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

Rashad Frett and Stephan James for @THR’s #Sundance studio

📸: Sela Shiloni

[Rashad Frett @DirectaShad_860]

Humbled and honored🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[Sundance Film Festival @sundancefest]

🏆 The Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic goes to Rashad Frett (@DirectaShad_860) for “Ricky.”

[TheWrap @TheWrap]

12 of the Buzziest Movies for Sale at Sundance 2025, From ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ to ‘Rebuilding’ https://t.co/jkQzAlxKvw

[Sundance Film Festival @sundancefest]

Announcing the Sundance 2025 Beyond Film program!

Join free events with special guests for thought-provoking conversations and audience discourse.

Learn more about Cinema Cafe presented by @audible_com here: https://t.co/9i4pGEyb19

[TitusWelliver @welliver_titus]

I just wrapped the film “ Ricky”,shot all my scenes in two days with this magnificent cast and crew led by the amazing Stephan James and directed by the powerhouse Rashad Frett. Blessed🙏This will be a poignant and important film

[Sundance Film Festival @sundancefest]

Ricky
Dir. Rashad Frett (@directashad_860)
U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
#Sundance

[Rashad Frett @DirectaShad_860]

Great panel. Thanks for having us speaking on such an important subject matter.

[UConn IMRP @IMRP]

“The best protection against recidivism is a job.”📽️@DirectaShad_860 will discuss his film RICKY, which had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival!
Don't miss out: https://t.co/Wo2fRPTo8R

[Woodstock Film Festival @woodstockfilm]

2023 WFF AWARDS🏆

BEST SHORT NARRATIVE: RICKY directed by Rashad Frett @DirectaShad_860

Full List of Awards ➡️ https://t.co/knn9EXRC8c

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Rashad Frett | Filmmaker Magazine https://t.co/o2SH2cIcNf via @FilmmakerMag

[Sundance Institute @sundanceorg]

That's a wrap on the 2023 Sundance Institute #DirectorsLab! 🎬

Join us in celebrating the Fellows and all of the visionary work they accomplished! 👏

[Michelle Satter @SundanceSatter]

Meet our 2023 Directors Lab Fellows: ⁦@DirectaShad_860⁩, Walter Thompson-Hernandez, Hadas Ayalon, ⁦@masamikyay⁩, ⁦@daniabdeir⁩, Sean Wang, Audrey Rosenberg, and ⁦@ZahranFarida⁩!