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Darren Dean is a film producer, writer and director. He is best known for his work on the films Prince of Broadway', Kinyarwanda and Tangerine''.

Early Life and Education
Darren Dean was born on February 2nd 1966 in Paterson, New Jersey. Darren lived in Passaic County with his mother Mame Feeney (date), (profession), step-father Nicholas Oriolo and his brother Justin Oriolo (date). Darren and his family would also live in Sussex County. Darren Dean graduated from Kittatinny Regional High School and graduated in the summer of 1984. Darren Dean finished his education in 2006 by earning a Bachelor of Arts in English from the William Paterson University.

SHOT
Darren Dean was a founding member of the musical group SHOT (1998-2006), a rock band based out of New York. Shot was one of the last acts to perform at CBGB’s in October 2006.

Fantastic Forum
Darren created and hosted Fantastic Forum, a nationally syndicated radio show in the mid to late 1980’s. The show discussed everything to do with the comic book universe, film, music and pop culture, and featured many guests including Will Eisner, Todd McFarlane, Jack Kirby (in his last known public interview).

Comic Book Career
Darren Dean has extensive experience in the comic book universe working for Marvel Comics, Wizard and Triumphant Comics. Darren Dean was briefly also the editor of the Amazing Heroes. In 1994, Darren Dean, with the help of Scott Lobdell, Jae Li, Jay Piscopo, Mark Medford and the late child comic prodigy Huy Vi, launched the charity-motivated comic book, “Tails of the the Scrap City Pack Rats”.

North Jersey News Journalist
Following his Comic book career, Dean become a journalist for North Jersey News. During his time at the paper Dean wrote on urban trends, conducting a number of interviews with a wide range of music acts including: Darryl McDaniels of Run-D.M.C, Graham Parker, Marshall Crenshaw, Joan Osborne and more.

Main Titles
Prince Of Broadway (2008): In New York City's Flatiron District, Lucky (Prince Adu), newly arrived from Ghana, hocks fake designer products out of back rooms with his partner, Levon (Karren Karagulian). Modestly successful in their gray market endeavors, the duo are satisfied. Lucky's cheerful life takes an unexpected turn, however, when his toddler son comes to live with him. Now, burdened with the responsibility of fathering a child, Lucky must readapt to the pressures of life as a petty criminal. Prince of Broadway received the Target Filmmaker Award from the LA Film Festival and a nomination for the John Cassavetes Award from the Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Kinyarwanda (2011): Kinyarwanda is a 2011 drama film set during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. It premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The film is Alrick Brown's feature directorial debut. A young Tutsi woman and a young Hutu man fall in love amidst chaos; a soldier struggles to foster a greater good while absent from her family; and a priest grapples with his faith in the face of unspeakable horror. Awards for Kinyarda include World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and 3 nominations from the NAACP Image Awards including a Best Independent Picture nomination. Kinyarwanda was ranked sixth on Roger Ebert’s Best Films of 2011.

Tangerine (2015) Tangerine is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Sean S. Baker and written by Baker and Chris Bergoch, starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, and James Ransone. The story follows a transgender sex worker who discovers her boyfriend and pimp has been cheating on her. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2015.[4] It had a limited release on July 10, 2015 through Magnolia Pictures.[5] It received positive reviews. Transgender sex worker Sin-Dee Rella, who has just finished a 28-day prison  sentence, meets her friend Alexandra, another trans sex worker, at a donut shop in Hollywood on Christmas Eve. Alexandra accidentally reveals that Sin-Dee's boyfriend and pimp Chester has been cheating on her with a cisgender woman. Sin-Dee storms out to search the neighborhood for Chester and the woman. Tangerine received a multitude of awards and nominations including Independent Spirit Award nominations for Best Feature, Best Director (Sean Baker), Best Feature, Best Female Lead (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez), Best Supporting Female (Mya Taylor) and the Piaget Producers Award for Dean. tangerine won the Best Feature from the Gotham Independent Film Awards and the Stanley Kubrick Award for Bold and Innovative Filmmaking at the 2015 Traverse Film Festival.

A Contract with God (2018) On July 24, 2010, at the San Diego Comic-Con International, producers Darren Dean, Bob Schreck, Mike Ruggerio, and Mark Rabinowitz announced plans for a film adaptation of A Contract with God. Dean adapted the screenplay from the Will Eisner graphic novel of the same name. Initial plans called for having a different director for each of the four stories.