About John Ridley

Director/Producer

ByABC News
November 28, 2017, 12:18 PM
Director John Ridley on the set of "American Crime."
Director John Ridley on the set of "American Crime."
ABC

— -- JOHN RIDLEY - Director/Producer

John Ridley’s critically acclaimed documentary about the Los Angeles uprising "LET IT FALL: LOS ANGELES 1982-1992" premiered in theaters and aired on ABC in April. It is playing in theaters and on Netflix November 2017. Ridley previously won an Oscar® for writing “12 Years a Slave” and was the creator, director, and executive producer of ABC’s Emmy-winning series “American Crime.” His limited series “Guerilla,” with Idris Elba, Freida Pinto, and Babou Ceesay, recently aired on Showtime and Sky.