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The Black Godfather (2019) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Reginald Hudlin

Cast (in credits order)  

Clarence Avant ... Self
Hank Aaron ... Self
Gwen Adolph ... Self - Clarence Avant's Biographer
Dina R. Andrews ... Self
Alex Avant ... Self - Son of Clarence, Founder of All Star Entertainment
Jacqueline Avant ... Self - Wife of Clarence
Nicole Avant ... Self - Daughter of Clarence Avant
Irving Azoff ... Self - Former Chairman of MCA Records
Danny Bakewell ... Self - Civil Rights Activist
Candace Bond-McKeever ... Self - Former Executive at Motown Records
Jim Brown ... Self - Legendary Pro Football Hall of Famer
Cherrelle ... Self
Bill Clinton ... Self - 42nd President of the United States of America
Oscar Cohen ... Self - President of Associated Booking Corporation
Sean 'Diddy' Combs ... Self
Shakim Compere ... Self - Film Producer, Co-Founder of Flavor Unit Entertainment
Tony Cornelius ... Self - Son of Don Cornelius
Clive Davis ... Self - Founder of Arista Records
Suzanne De Passe ... Self - Co-Founder, Gordy / De Passe Productions
Jeff Dixon ... Self - Co-Manager of Ludacris
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds ... Self - Co-Founder of LaFace Records
Harold Ford ... Self - Former United States Congressman (as Harold Ford Jr.)
Jamie Foxx ... Self - Academy Award Winning Actor
Jesus Garber ... Self - Former Head of Promotions for A&M Records
David Geffen ... Self - Business Magnate, Producer, Film Studio Executive and Philanthropist
Nelson George ... Self - Music and Culture Historian
Ron Gillyard ... Self - Record Executive, Grammy Award Winning Producer
Berry Gordy ... Self - Founder of Motown Records
Lucian Grainge ... Self - CEO of Universal Music Group
Andre Harrell ... Self - Founder of Uptown Records
Kamala Harris ... Self - United States Senator from California
Julius Hollis ... Self - Founder of Alliance for Digital Equality
Zach Horowitz ... Self - Former CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group
Cathy Hughes ... Self - Founder of Radio One / TV One
Jesse Jackson ... Self
Jimmy Jam ... Self
Quincy Jones ... Self - Composer, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Winner
Stan Lathan ... Self - Director of 'Save the Children'
Terry Lewis ... Self
David Lombard ... Self - Talent Manager
Ludacris ... Self
Tracy Maitland ... Founder of Advent Capital Management, LLC
Brian Mathis ... Self - Member of Obama's Finance Committee
Steve McKeever ... Self - Former Executive at Motown Records
Benny Medina ... Self - Former Head of A&R for Motown Records
Elvis Mitchell ... Self - Film and Culture Scholar
Jerry Moss ... Self - Co-Founder of A&M Records
Barack Obama ... Self - 44th President of the United States of America
Jonathan Platt ... Self - CEO of Sony / ATV Music Publishing
L.A. Reid ... Self - Co-Founder of LaFace Records
Lionel Richie ... Self
Dolores Robinson ... Self - Talent Manager
Ted Sarandos ... Self - Son-in-Law of Clarence, CCO of Netflix
Lalo Schifrin ... Self - Pianist, Composer, Arranger and Conductor
Al Sharpton ... Self
Sid Sheinberg ... Self - President and COO of MCA Inc and Universal Studios
Joe Smith ... Self - Former President of Warner Bros. Records
Snoop Dogg ... Self
Abe Somer ... Self - Clarence's Former Lawyer
Ron Sweeney ... Self - Entertainment Attorney for Clarence
Jimmy Thomas ... Self - Assistant to Clarence Avant
Mike Traylor ... Self - Former Attorney for Clarence Avant
Cicely Tyson ... Self - Tony, Oscar and Three-Time Emmy Award Winning Actress
Bill Withers ... Self - Three-Time Grammy Award Winning Singer / Songwriter
Tomica Wright ... Self - Clarence's Former Executive Assistant, CEO of Ruthless Records (as Tomica Woods-Wright)
Andrew Young ... Self
Chaka Zulu ... Self - Co-Manager of Ludacris
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cannonball Adderley ... Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali ... Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong ... Self (archive footage)
J. Paul Austin ... Self - Former Chairman of Coca-Cola (archive footage)
Toni Braxton ... Self (archive footage)
Jerry Brown ... Self (archive footage)
George Bush ... Self (archive footage)
Al Capone ... Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter ... Self (archive footage)
Dick Clark ... Self (archive footage)
Dennis Coffey ... Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr. ... Self (archive footage)
Roberta Flack ... Self (archive footage)
David Frost ... Self (archive footage)
Gallery Gallery ... Themselves (archive footage)
Marvin Gaye ... Self (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie ... Self (archive footage)
Gladys Knight & The Pips ... Themselves (archive footage)
Joe Glaser ... Self - Founder of Associated Booking Company (as Joseph G. Glaser) (archive footage)
Isaac Hayes ... Self (archive footage)
Al Haymon ... Self - Music and Boxing Promoter (archive footage)
Jackson 5 ... Themselves (archive footage)
Janet Jackson ... Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson ... Self (archive footage)
Little Willie John ... Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson ... Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Baines Johnson)
Ted Kennedy ... Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King ... Self (archive footage)
Sid Korshak ... Self - Lawyer for Joe Glaser and Al Capone (as Sidney Korshak) (archive footage)
Alain Levy Alain Levy ... Self - Chairman of Polygram (archive footage)
Thurgood Marshall ... Self (archive footage)
Curtis Mayfield ... Self (archive footage)
Mamie Till Mobley ... Self (archive footage) (as Mamie Till)
Art Modell ... Self - Owner, Cleveland Browns 1961-95 (archive footage)
Richard Nixon ... Self (archive footage)
The Notorious B.I.G. ... Self (archive footage)
Alexander O'Neal ... Self (archive footage)
Outkast ... Themselves (archive footage)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. ... Self (archive footage)
Rare Earth Rare Earth ... Themselves (archive footage)
Rodriguez ... Self (archive footage)
Babe Ruth ... Self (archive footage)
The S.O.S. Band The S.O.S. Band ... Themselves (archive footage)
Angie Seegers Angie Seegers ... Marketing And Publicity
Jimmy Smith ... Self (archive footage)
Steven Spielberg ... Self (archive footage)
Creed Taylor ... Self - Record Producer (archive footage)
The Temptations ... Themselves (archive footage)
Emmett Till ... Self (archive footage)
TLC ... Themselves (archive footage)
Dinah Washington ... Self (archive footage)
Lew Wasserman ... Self - Chairman / CEO of MCA (archive footage)
David L. Wolper ... Self - Director and Producer (as David Wolper) (archive footage)
Walter Yetnikoff ... Self (archive footage)
Don Cornelius ... Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Produced by 

Nicole Avant ... producer
Leon Chills ... associate producer
Dina Ciccotello ... post production producer
Ann Finnegan ... executive producer / line producer
Andrew Fried ... executive producer
Nelson George ... producer
Jennifer Sofio Hall ... executive producer
Jenya James Hamidi ... field producer
Reginald Hudlin ... executive producer
Dane Lillegard ... executive producer
Jonathan Mussman ... production executive
Byron Phillips ... producer (as Byron Philips)
Nandi Pointer ... associate producer
Caitrin Rogers ... producer
Adele Sparks ... archival producer
Angus Wall ... executive producer

Music by 

Jasha Klebe

Cinematography by 

Matthew Chavez

Editing by 

Wyatt Jones
Will Znidaric

Makeup Department 

Shawn Janifer ... makeup artist: Jamie Foxx
Cheyenne Webster ... key makeup artist

Production Management 

Lis Kern ... post-production supervisor
Drew Palombi ... production manager
Denny Rubianes ... production supervisor

Sound Department 

Kyle Bailey ... sound editor
Lon Bender ... re-recording mixer
Marcos Castro ... sound mixer
Rusty Dunn ... sound designer/sound effects editor
Jimmy Gilmore ... sound mixer
Dennis Hamlin ... sound mixer
Michael Kool ... sound mixer (as Mike Kool) / sound mixer
Michael Miller ... adr mixer
Alex Nomick ... sound effects editor
Ryan Owens ... dialogue editor
Nick Pavey ... dialogue editor
Orin Shochat ... sound mixer
Chykeria Thompson ... sound mixer
Adrienne Wade ... sound mixer
Erik Whitestone ... sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department 

Team Bashet ... gaffer
Halo Amrani Bitton ... key grip
Nick Bodkin ... swing
Adam Bricker ... additional photography
Matthew Brown ... best boy
Paulina Bryant ... data manager / second assistant camera
Alan Certeza ... data manager / second assistant camera
Kenny Chang ... data manager / second assistant camera
Stephen Chang ... swing
Chris Clarke ... best boy
Chris Clarke ... key grip
Henry Dhuy ... camera operator
Jason Faust ... digital loader / second assistant camera
Andrew Fisher ... best boy
Andrew Fisher ... best boy
Bryant Fisher ... additional photography
Kimberley Friedrich ... b camera first assistant
Lee Fyee ... key grip
Stan Fyee ... gaffer
Randy Garcia ... key grip
Joel Gill ... best boy
Brett Graybill ... first assistant camera
Dennis Haddock ... key grip
Rich Hawkinson ... first assistant camera
Emily Herold ... first assistant camera
Zak Hindle ... best boy
Corrin Hodgson ... gaffer
Rob Horwitz ... assistant camera (as a different name) / first assistant camera
Scott Kukla ... dit
Matt LaRoche ... first assistant camera
Joe Lee ... dit
Joseph Lee ... data manager / second assistant camera
Diego Lopez ... data manager / second assistant camera
Nicholas Lorden ... dit / second assistant camera
Woo Lovinger ... camera operator
Kenneth Marc ... gaffer
Joe Marine ... first assistant camera (as Joseph Marine) / first assistant camera
Nicola Marsh ... additional photography
Jaime Medrano Jr. ... first assistant camera
Josh Miller ... second assistant camera
Joshua Miller ... data manager / second assistant camera
Arlene Nelson ... additional photographer / additional photography
Charlie Panian ... first assistant camera
Alexander Paul ... camera operator
Dagan Reinhardt ... first assistant camera
Craig Ryan ... gaffer
Zack Savitz ... gaffer
Kevin W. Skaggs ... gaffer (as Kevin Skaggs)
Josh Smith ... gaffer
Joshua Smith ... gaffer
Anthony Soloman ... second assistant camera
Jamie Sutor ... swing
Cliff Thenard ... first assistant camera
Joe Watts ... second assistant camera
Joseph Watts ... data manager / second assistant camera
Chloe Weaver ... camera operator
Michael Yetter ... gaffer

Animation Department 

EJ Kang ... animator: opening title animation - Elastic - title sequence (as Ej Kang)

Editorial Department 

Reanne de Klerk ... first assistant editor
Rob Doolittle ... online editor
Suzanne Greenfield ... boardwalk head of post production
Josh Hayes ... assistant editor
Stacy Kessler-Aungst ... post producer
Inbal B. Lessner ... additional editor
Corey Robert Martinez ... on-line editor
Ben Montez ... assistant editor
Thatcher Peterson ... digital intermediate Executive Producer
Lauren Rady ... clearance coordinator
Chris Riley ... on-line editor
Gabe Sanchez ... color assistant
Phillip Schwartz ... post-production coordinator
Sarah Smithies ... post-production coordinator
Patrick Welch ... additional editor
Paul Yacono ... colorist

Music Department 

John W. Chapman ... score mixer
Evan Solomita ... score supervisor
Lara Somogyi ... musician: harp

Additional Crew 

Lacie Armstrong ... production assistant
Collin Buckingham ... production assistant
Michelle Chang ... production attorney
Leon Chitman ... assistant to reggie hudlin
McKenzie Clemans ... assistant to andrew fried
Joe Coffey ... production assistant
Kacie Corzel ... boardwalk finance executive
Don-Ya ... production assistant (as Donald Ortiz)
Walter Donald ... production assistant
Rose Ermer ... assistant to andrew fried
Britnee Forest ... production accountant
Kelsey Frederickson ... production coordinator
Charles Gavero ... production assistant
Angela Gygi ... archival researcher
Arthur Kohl-Riggs ... production assistant
John Lackmeyer ... production assistant
David Liebman ... production assistant
Collin Lockett ... production assistant
Chris Menown ... production assistant
Matthew Mucci ... production coordinator
Gabrielle Ntsimi ... production assistant
Donald Orbitz ... production assistant
Sean Pope ... production attorney
Ellen Porter ... assistant production accountant
Quinn Powers ... production assistant
Daniel Rbibo ... insurance services
Anthony Soloman ... dit
Jake Tremblay ... production assistant
Daniel Yonathan ... production assistant

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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