Cameron Carr

Cameron Carr is a born and bred Harlemite, Director and Creative Producer based out of NYC. As a pragmatic optimist, and ambition to become the Issa Rae/Jordan Peele/Donald Glover ultimate hybrid: After seven years of producing commercials at his Creative agency Alma Maters BBDO New York and Wieden+Kennedy NY - Cameron's constant mission is to continue to push, propel and create Black-led stories through film and creative, while spotlighting syst...emic inequities that often remain unconscious and unspoken in society. Cameron is coming off of his Writing and Directorial Debut for Harlem Fragments shot in March, backed by a $93K production budget in partnership with FUJIFILM, which latest accolades span from the Ida B. Wells Disrupting the Narrative Grant, and being selected for the 2023 DGA Shoot New Director Spotlight Showcase Cohort. Cameron's previous films he's assistant directed and produced have seen accelerated success on the festival circuit, from The Inventor Produced with a team of all Black producers, winning Best Historic Short at the 2022 Manhattan Film Festival and a run at 12 festivals prior to distribution with AMC, Sundance Grant recipient, Wild Darlings Sing the Blues (2024), Producing the Young Arts & Columbia Graduate University Dean's Grant recipient, CUFF Best Picture Winner Palm Sunday (2023), and Executive Producing and Assistant Directing Dances With Films Festival Grand Jury Winner, Speak Up Brotha! (2023), and Producing and Assistant Directing Silent Partner, directed by Eric Branco and starring Bronze Lens Best Actor Roderick Lawrence in collaboration with Black Man Films.