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Anthony Bawn

  • Director
  • Actor
  • Producer
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BET+ Original Movie And OCTET Productions Film "A Wesley Christmas"
Season 3 of the Comedy Drama series Conframa
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Anthony Newsome, now Anthony Bawn was born in Gainesville, Florida and has had a passion for acting and film since the age of two. Anthony Bawn graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a Bachelors in Theatre with a concentration in Musical Theatre, under Sheldon Patinkin. Bawn produced his first original series titled Cheetah In August in 2014, which helped him gain recognition from various local and international film festivals and distribution outlets. Bawn is a developing partner at VIM Media, LLC creating original content for the streaming platform WatchVIM.
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      • 10 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Kelcie Weber, Joseph Paul Penner, Zion Monroe, Guillermo Fajardo, Mark Whitis, Adrianna Licitra, Nathan Bock, Carin Counihan, Rashad Davis, Donta Morrison, Danny Royce, and Michaela Ismaili in Scottsdale (2023)
    Scottsdale
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    Yara Shahidi and Odessa A'zion in Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023)
    Sitting in Bars with Cake
    6.4
    • Singing Waiter
    • 2023
    Christin Byrdsong, Phillip Michael, and Anthony Bawn in Conframa (2018)
    Conframa
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    Andre Myers in As I Am (2020)
    As I Am
    4.7
    • Director(directed by)
    • 2020

    Credits

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    Director



    • Almost Us
      • Director
      • In Production



    • Dueal Andrews and Richardson Pierre in Midnight in Phoenix (2025)
      Midnight in Phoenix
      8.6
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Kelcie Weber, Joseph Paul Penner, Zion Monroe, Guillermo Fajardo, Mark Whitis, Adrianna Licitra, Nathan Bock, Carin Counihan, Rashad Davis, Donta Morrison, Danny Royce, and Michaela Ismaili in Scottsdale (2023)
      Scottsdale
      7.5
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2023–2025
    • Cheri Moon, Dawn E. Robinson, Dripp Vegas, Gale Madyun, Alessandra Ferriso, Justice Hartley, Dre Matthews, Brandon Brown, and Nadia Adem in A Christmas Reunion (2024)
      A Christmas Reunion
      4.4
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Life with KiD
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Jordan Haze in Emo Valley (2024)
      Emo Valley
      6.2
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2024
    • Bonded (2023)
      Bonded
      5.2
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2023
    • Bobby Musique Cooks, Eric Russell, Dustin Baker, Brandon Moten, Aigner Edgerson, and Brandon Karson in Thirty (2023)
      Thirty
      7.3
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2023
    • Melvin Ward and Carter Young in Velvet Jesus (2021)
      Velvet Jesus
      7.9
      • co-director
      • 2021
    • Christin Byrdsong, Phillip Michael, and Anthony Bawn in Conframa (2018)
      Conframa
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019–2020
    • Kalen in Covid
      TV Mini Series
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2020
    • Andre Myers in As I Am (2020)
      As I Am
      4.7
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2020
    • Hemingway (2019)
      Hemingway
      TV Mini Series
      • series director
      • 2019
    • Arlondriah Lenyéa in The Catharsis Project (2019)
      The Catharsis Project
      • co-director
      • 2019
    • Blackville (2017)
      Blackville
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • series director
      • 2017–2018
    • Brandon Anthony in District (2018)
      District
      5.8
      • film director
      • 2018

    Actor



    • Franklin
      • Quest
      • Completed
      • 2025
    • Almost Us
      • Jay Cooper
      • In Production



    • Jordan Haze in Emo Valley (2024)
      Emo Valley
      6.2
      • 2024
    • Yara Shahidi and Odessa A'zion in Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023)
      Sitting in Bars with Cake
      6.4
      • Singing Waiter
      • 2023
    • Christin Byrdsong, Phillip Michael, and Anthony Bawn in Conframa (2018)
      Conframa
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Angel Howard
      • Angel
      • 2018–2021
    • Donnie Hue Frazier and Danny Royce in Love the One You're With (2021)
      Love the One You're With
      5.6
      • Avery
      • 2021
    • Kalen in Covid
      TV Mini Series
      • Joshua
      • 2020
    • Brandon Karson, Rahim Brazil, Desmond Fletcher, Robert Sherrill Jr., and Darren Johnson in H.I.M (2017)
      H.I.M
      6.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Andrew
      • 2017
    • Andre Myers in Cheetah in August (2015)
      Cheetah in August
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Jarvis
      • 2015–2017

    Producer



    • Franklin
      • executive producer
      • Completed
      • 2025



    • Cheri Moon, Dawn E. Robinson, Dripp Vegas, Gale Madyun, Alessandra Ferriso, Justice Hartley, Dre Matthews, Brandon Brown, and Nadia Adem in A Christmas Reunion (2024)
      A Christmas Reunion
      4.4
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Life with KiD
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Jordan Haze in Emo Valley (2024)
      Emo Valley
      6.2
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Bonded (2023)
      Bonded
      5.2
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Kelcie Weber, Joseph Paul Penner, Zion Monroe, Guillermo Fajardo, Mark Whitis, Adrianna Licitra, Nathan Bock, Carin Counihan, Rashad Davis, Donta Morrison, Danny Royce, and Michaela Ismaili in Scottsdale (2023)
      Scottsdale
      7.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Christin Byrdsong, Phillip Michael, and Anthony Bawn in Conframa (2018)
      Conframa
      6.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2018–2021
    • Melvin Ward and Carter Young in Velvet Jesus (2021)
      Velvet Jesus
      7.9
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Allan Wayne Anderson, Spencer Collins, Gary LeRoi Gray, Greg Lucey, and Eugena Washington in Trace (2021)
      Trace
      4.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Donnie Hue Frazier and Danny Royce in Love the One You're With (2021)
      Love the One You're With
      5.6
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Andre Myers in As I Am (2020)
      As I Am
      4.7
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Hemingway (2019)
      Hemingway
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Man Over Boy (2016)
      Man Over Boy
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Andre Myers in Cheetah in August (2015)
      Cheetah in August
      6.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • What's the Function
      6.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • producer (as Anthony Newsome)
      • 2011

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    Conframa
    Trailer 0:46
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