Jean-Claude La Marre
Quick Facts
Biography
Jean-Claude La Marre is a Haitian American writer, director, and film and television actor. His film credits include Malcolm X, Dead Presidents, Gang of Roses and Go for Broke. On television, he has guest-starred on New York Undercover, Law & Order, and NYPD Blue.
Biography
La Marre is an American of Haitian descent.
Films
In 1994, La Marre plays as Jake in Fresh. La Marre's Color of the Cross, is a film that portrays Jesus as a black man, and implies that Christ's persecution was a racially motivated hate crime. His directorial debut was the film Higher Ed.
In 2007, LaMarre set up a distribution output deal for his film label, Nulite Media Group.Among the films released through the label are the revisionist western, Gang of Roses, Trapped: Haitian Nights, Broom Wedding, and Nora's Hair Salon, with a cameo by Whitney Houston in the film.In 2018, he will direct the upcoming film "Gangland" with the worldwide superstar Tamar Braxton.
In the same time, he will directed the 3rd movie of the franchise Chocolate City 3.