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Airrion Copeland is an award winning film producer, writer and director in the United States.

Early Life and Background
A native of Ohio, Airrion grew up in Cleveland and Syracuse, NY. His artistic life stems from an early interest in theater eventually leading him to the stages of Chicago. Airrion has played many roles including Asagai in A Raisin in the Sun, Captain Davenport in A Soldier's Play, and Zachariah in Athol Fugard's play, Blood Knot. He has a deep interest and passion for wellness, Eastern thought and philosophy including yoga, Taoism and Buddhism.

Career
He is best known for producing the controversial documentary film, "White Wash" directed by Ted Woods. The film was narrated by Grammy Award winning musician, Ben Harper and Tariq "BlackThought" Trotter of the legendary hip hop group, the Roots whom also originally scored the film. White Wash was nominated for several awards such as Best Documentary Feature at 2011 Surfer Poll Awards, Best Diaspora Feature at the 2012 African Movie Academy Awards, and won Best Documentary Feature at the 2009 Urban Media Film Festival.

Airrion eventually developed a passion for writing and directing. Some of his current projects include "nuit solitaire", "brotherly love", and story of Mike Salisbury, legendary brand guru who branded over 300 films and the man who put the glove on Michael Jackson.

Artistic Style
Airrion is heavily influenced by the French New Wave and enjoys telling stories with minimal dialogue. He is also known for content with female leads as he thinks there are just not enough lead characters for actresses. He also has a very "Zen" style of directing in which he uses a lot of spontaneity on set and focusing on the present moment in each scene. Most of his work is dark, emotional and sexual, showing a lot of contrast and exploring the beauty of flawed human qualities that most people don't like to discuss.

Filmography
Whitewash (2006) Journey from Zanskar (2010) The Ultimate Yogi (2011) Scream at the Devil (2014) Lynch Three Project (2015) nuit solitaire (2014) brotherly love (2014)