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A career-spanning volume, Tyler Perry: Interviews collects sixteen interviews, ranging from the early 2000s to 2018. Once a destitute and struggling playwright, Tyler Perry (b. 1969) is now a multimedia phenomenon and one of the most lucrative auteurs in Hollywood. Known for his unwavering and audacious rhetorical style, Perry has produced an impressive body of work by rejecting Hollywood's procedures and following his personal template. Featuring mostly African American actors and centering primarily on women, Perry's films lace drama and comedy with Christianity. Despite the skepticism of Hollywood executives who claimed that church-going black people do not go to the movies, Perry achieved critical success with the release of his first film, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, which became the US's highest-grossing movie of 2005. With his movies, Perry has discovered an untapped audience for the stories he has to offer—stories about adversity, faith, family, and redemption. Critics, including African American filmmaker Spike Lee, have censured Perry's work for being repetitive and reinforcing negative stereotypes that have long plagued the African American community. Supporters, however, praise Perry for creating films that allow his audience to see themselves onscreen. Regardless of how his films are received, Perry's accomplishments—establishing the Tyler Perry brand, building one of the largest movie studios in the country, employing more African Americans in front of and behind the camera than any other studio, and creating cinematic content for audiences other filmmakers have ignored—undeniably establish him as one of the most powerful multimedia moguls in the country.
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DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN (2005)
Tyler Perry Studios
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Producers: Tyler Perry and Reuben Cannon
Executive Producers: Michael Poseornek, John Dellaverson, Robert L. Johnson, and Tyler Perry
Director: Darren Grant
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director of Cinematography: David Claessen
Production Designer: Ina Mayhew
Film Editor: Terilyn A. Shropshire
Music Editor: Elvin D. Ross
Casting Directors: Shay Griffin and Kim Williams
Cast: Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Shemar Moore, Tamara Taylor, Lisa Marcos, Tiffany Evans, Cicely Tyson, Tyler Perry, Tamela Mann, Mablean Ephriam Synopsis: A couple’s seemingly happy marriage crumbles when the wife discovers that her husband has another family and intends to divorce her to be with them.
Run Time: 1hr 43min
Box Office: $72,513,600
MADEA’S FAMILY REUNION (2006)
Tyler Perry Studios
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Producers: Reuben Cannon and Mike Upton
Executive Producers: Michael Paseornek and Tyler Perry
Director: Tyler Perry
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director of Cinematography: Toyomichi Kurita
Production Designer: Ina Mayhew
Film Editor: John Carter
Music Editors: Tyler Perry and Elvin Ross
Casting Editors: Shay Griffin and Kim Williams
Cast: Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Lynn Whitfield, Boris Kodjoe, Henry Simmons, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Rochelle Aytes, Tangi Miller, Keke Palmer, Cicely Tyson, Maya Angelou, Cassi Davis, Johnny Gill, Mablean Ephriam, Nicholas Ortiz
Synopsis: While planning her family’s reunion, Madea must also contend with her love-troubled nieces and be a court-ordered foster mother to a runaway teen.
Run Time: 1hr 49min
Box Office: $88,657,700
WHY DID I GET MARRIED? (2007)
Tyler Perry Studios
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Producers: Reuben Cannon and Tyler Perry
Executive Producer: Michael Paseornek
Director: Tyler Perry
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Director of Cinematography: Toyomichi Kurita
Production Designer: Ina Mayhew
Film Editor: Maysie Hoy
Music Editor: Aaron Zigman
Casting Director: Alpha Tyler
Cast: Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Malik Yoba, Richard T. Jones, Michael Jai White, Denise Boutte, Lamman Rucker, Sharon Leal, Tasha Smith, Keesha Sharp
Synopsis: The screen adaptation of Perry’s stage play about the trials of marriage as it effects four couples.
Run Time: 1hr 58min
Box Office: $73,659,500
DADDY’S LITTLE GIRLS (2007)
Tyler Perry Studios
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Producers: Tyler Perry and Reuben Cannon
Executive Producer: Michael Paseornek
Director: Tyler Perry
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry
Genres: Drama, Romance
Director of Cinematography: Toyomichi Kurita
Production Designer: Ina Mayhew
Film Editor: Maysie Hoy, A.C.E.
Music Editor: Brian McKnight
Casting Directors: Shay Griffin and Kim Williams
Cast: Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Louis Gossett Jr., Tasha Smith, Tracee Ellis Ross, Malinda Williams, Terri J. Vaughn, Gary Sturgis, Cassi Davis, LaVan Davis, China McClain, Lauryn Alisa McClain, Sierra McClain, Craig Robinson, Timon
Kyle Durrett
Synopsis: A mechanic enlists the help of an arrogant, successful, but lonely attorney while trying to gain custody of his three daughters from his treacherous exwife and her drug-dealing boyfriend.
Run Time: 1hr 40min
Box Office: $41,853,000
THE FAMILY THAT PREYS (2008)
Tyler Perry Studios
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Producers: Reuben Cannon, Tyler Perry, Joseph P. Genier, and Roger M. Bobb
Executive Producer: Michael Paseornek
Director: Tyler Perry
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry
Genre: Drama
Director of Cinematography: Toyomichi Kurita
Production Designer: Ina Mayhew
Film Editor: Maysie Hoy
Music Editor: Aaron Zigman
Casting Director: Alpha Tyler
Cast: Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, Tyler Perry, Rockmond Dunbar, Taraji P. Henson, KaDee Strickland, Cole Hauser, Robin Givens
Synopsis: Two families’ lives—one wealthy, the other working class—are intertwined in both business and love.
Run Time: 1hr 51min
Box Office: $47,441,000
MEET THE BROWNS (2008)
Tyler Perry Studios
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Producers: Reuben Cannon and Tyler Perry
Executive Producer: Michael Paseornek
Director: Tyler Perry
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director of Cinematography: Sandi Sissel, ASC
Production Designer: Ina Mayhew
Film Editor: Maysie Hoy
Music Editor: Aaron Zigman
Casting Director: Kim Williams
Cast: Angela Bassett, Rick Fox, Margaret Avery, Frankie Faison, Jenifer Lewis, Lance Gross, David Mann, Tamela Mann, Irma P. Hall, LaVan Davis, Phillip Van Lear, Tyler Perry
Synopsis: A struggling single mom takes her children to Georgia for the funeral of her father—a man she never met. There, her family is introduced to the crass but loving Brown family.
Run time: 1hr 41min
Box Office: $53,667,700
I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF (2009)
Tyler Perry Studios
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Producers: Reuben Cannon and Tyler Perry
Executive Producer: Michael Paseornek
Director: Tyler Perry
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Director of Cinematography: Alexander Gruszynski
Production Designer: Ina Mayhew
Film Editor: Maysie Hoy, A.C.E.
Music Editor: Aaron Zigman
Casting Director: Alpha Tyler
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Adam Rodriquez, Tyler Perry, Hope Olaide Wilson, Brian J. White, Gladys Knight, Frederick Siglar, Kwesi Boakye, Mary J. Blige, Marvin Winans
Synopsis: When Madea catches a teenage girl and her younger brothers looting her home, she takes matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have—...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chronology
- Filmography
- Diary of a Mad Black Woman
- Exclusive Interview with Tyler Perry: Finally, Reaping Writeousness
- The Many Faces of Tyler Perry
- Tyler Perry The Family That Preys Interview with Kam Williams
- Q&A: Tyler Perry
- Tyler Perry’s Amazing Journey to the Top: He is One of America’s Top Filmmakers, Yet Few Have Ever Heard of Him
- Hilton Als: Tyler Perry Simplifies, Commodifies Black Life
- Tyler Perry, Movie Mogul
- Tyler Perry’s Hollywood: Diary of a Mad Black … Mogul
- Tyler Perry Interview: “I Want My Films to be Relevant to People’s Lives”
- Tyler Perry Shares His Life’s Lessons
- The Brand Keeping Oprah in Business
- Tyler Perry Is a Ninja in His Own Right, Talks Fatherhood and Going against Stereotype in New Film
- Interview: Tyler Perry Talks Love Thy Neighbor, The Haves and the Have Nots, and His Process from Page to Screen
- Tyler Perry Encourages Fans to Use Their God-Given Talents to Change the World in 2017
- Tyler Perry—Acrimony and Building on the Success of Madea
- Additional Resources
- About the Editor