Herman Wilkins
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Herman Wilkins is a Southern-born, Midwestern raised Writer, Filmmaker and Californian.
As a writer, Herman recently collaborated on film and TV versions of Flight of the Swallow, an historical biography on the first African American Fighter Pilot in World War I Eugene Bullard. Current projects include the time-traveling musical anthology 1-hour drama The Gospel of Ezra, and the Sundance Sloan Finalists 2019 The Girl Who Would Fly, a historical-biopic on the life of Ada Lovelace. Herman is also near completion on his civil war era novel The Nights of Shattuck Plain.
Formerly a Production Manager and DEI Lead with advertising agency Across the Pond, he was also a Development Executive and Head of Production for AHI Films where he oversaw production of Medicine Men and Mister Monster, and distribution of SkyArk. With NBC Universal's Partnerships and Innovations, he was a part of the production and marketing team for The Voice - Nissan and Kohls Accounts. In addition, he has worked with David and Goliath Advertising representing accounts such as Starlight Foundation and Kia Motors America. He also has produced independent and new media offerings including feature films HOGTOWN and Medicine Men, and the series pilots Deprogrammed and Joan. New media and gaming credits include the Borderlands 3 media launch with Halon Entertainment and Mental Mistakes and the series Making It? with StudioBinder.
Herman has also appeared on screen in Television shows such as The Shield and films such as The 5th Passenger and will next be seen in Apple TV's 2023 Limited Series Lady In The Lake.
As a writer, Herman recently collaborated on film and TV versions of Flight of the Swallow, an historical biography on the first African American Fighter Pilot in World War I Eugene Bullard. Current projects include the time-traveling musical anthology 1-hour drama The Gospel of Ezra, and the Sundance Sloan Finalists 2019 The Girl Who Would Fly, a historical-biopic on the life of Ada Lovelace. Herman is also near completion on his civil war era novel The Nights of Shattuck Plain.
Formerly a Production Manager and DEI Lead with advertising agency Across the Pond, he was also a Development Executive and Head of Production for AHI Films where he oversaw production of Medicine Men and Mister Monster, and distribution of SkyArk. With NBC Universal's Partnerships and Innovations, he was a part of the production and marketing team for The Voice - Nissan and Kohls Accounts. In addition, he has worked with David and Goliath Advertising representing accounts such as Starlight Foundation and Kia Motors America. He also has produced independent and new media offerings including feature films HOGTOWN and Medicine Men, and the series pilots Deprogrammed and Joan. New media and gaming credits include the Borderlands 3 media launch with Halon Entertainment and Mental Mistakes and the series Making It? with StudioBinder.
Herman has also appeared on screen in Television shows such as The Shield and films such as The 5th Passenger and will next be seen in Apple TV's 2023 Limited Series Lady In The Lake.