A native Washingtonian, Shuaib Mitchell is a graduate of Howard University’s Film school (Dept. of Radio TV& Film), where he studied under an esteemed faculty that included internationally acclaimed filmmaker Haile Gerima. He began his professional career at C-SPAN, where he later directed the live nationally televised viewer call-in shows.
His independent filmmaking career was launched in 1992 with the one-hour documentary film, Straight Up Go Go, which he produced and directed. The documentary, which examines the culture and history of Washington, DC’s “Go-Go music”, was distributed internationally by ATA Trading Corp. and has aired numerous times on PBS Television after premiering at the Kennedy Center AFI (American Film Institute) Theater in March of 1992. In 1999, Brother Shuaib completed a feature length screenplay entitled A Rose By Any Other Name for which he has won several awards, including the prestigious Larry Neal Writer’s Award (1999), the DC Screenwriter’s Competition (2000), and the Maryland State Individual Artist Award (2001). The “coming of age” teenage love story has two Hollywood actors who have agreed to star in the film, Meagan Good and legendary film and stage actress Ruby Dee and is targeted for production in 2009 by Nubia Filmworks, Inc.
Brother Shuaib’s latest film, a feature length motion picture entitled Too Saved, was shot in High Definition (HD) video in only three days of production. Written by Dr. John L. Mc Coy (President of The Washington Baptist Seminary), the Christian themed love story features a talented cast of local (Washington, D.C) and New York based stage and screen actors and will premiere March 24, 2007 at the AFI (American Film Institute) Silver Theater in Silver Spring, MD before being released nationally. In addition, Brother Shuaib is currently editing a feature length documentary entitled A Giant Among Men: The Life and Times of Andrew Fowler, based upon the life of the legendary Human Rights leader and former President of The Washington Baptist Seminary. Brother Shuaib is currently employed as a Producer/Director for The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). His additional credits include a host of screenplays, music videos, commercials, corporate videos, and stage plays.
