Alan Nettles

Executive Director at Moving4ward Productions
Director, Screenwriter, Playwright and Theatre Director

Baltimore, Maryland

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December 2016

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About Alan

A native of Buffalo, New York; Alan R.H. Nettles is an invigorating, emotionally, soul-stirring writer and director. He received professional training in Motion Pictures & Television from the Academy of Art University, Watkins College of Art, Design, & Film, and the prestigious Howard University.

According to several of Mr. Nettles’ colleagues and professors, he is a dynamic director with a beautiful soul. He’s always able to convey the most meaningful aspect to a story in his films. As one professor at Nashville’s historic, Watkins College of Art, Design, & Film put it, “Alan Nettles is a damn fine writer and storyteller; he has an innate ability to capture emotional, heart-warming moments within his scripts. He is truly talented and simply brilliant.”
He has been a member of several organizations including: Nashville Filmmakers Association, Watkins Film Council, Howard University Film Organization, Howard Players, and the Howard Gospel Choir. In 2015, Alan wrote, directed, and produced his first short film “3 Blind Boys on the Block” which held its WORLD PREMIERE at the Urban MediaMakers Film Festival in Atlanta, GA. The film went on to premiere in Chicago at the Chi-Town Multicultural Film Fest where the film earned “The Best of Fest” celebratory award. Matthew Jacobs, one of the feature writers of Disney’s The Emperor’s New Groove recently stated, “3 Blind Boys on the Block is very good. I love the way Alan brought everything together in a surreal way, very theatrical piece of work.”

Mr. Nettles is the Founder and CEO Director of Moving4ward Productions. Moving4ward Productions seeks to produce television shows and films that truly incorporate diversity allowing people of all ethnicities the opportunity to be represented on screen. Diversity is an ongoing issue in the entertainment industry particularly in Hollywood. Moving4ward Productions seeks to retract that social trend. In order for there to be a plethora of unique roles that people of all ethnicities can take part in, there must be a production company that develops and produces material which will allow diversity to take place.

Currently, Alan is working on the feature version of “3 Blind Boys on the Block” along with a holiday film entitled Through the Fire with whom he hopes to shop to Queen Latifah. He also recently wrapped his first feature length documentary, Sounds of Worship: The Plight of Worship Leaders which will premiere in late 2017.

Unique traits: Emotionally driven, soul-stirring, compassionate, ambitious, invigorating

Gender:
Male

Height:
5' 11"

Weight:
200

Body type:
Athletic

Hair:
Short

Hair color:
Black

Eyes:
Brown

Ethnicity:
African American

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Give Up, & Let Jesus Take Over (2018)
Film Director
Sounds of Worship: The Plight (2017)
Film (Documentary) Director Add a Plot »
The Garden City: Part 2 (2016)
Film (Short and Comedy) Director Add a Plot »
Grey (2016)
Film (Short and Drama) Producer An interracial couple allow outside perceptions to create space within their relationship.
3 Blind Boys on the Block (2015)
Film (Short, Crime, Drama and Mystery) Director Yvonne James is an amateur journalist at the top of her game. She is a bold, beautiful, bad diva. She happens to be African American. However, she is of the elite. She looks down upon the lower class. She is forced to interview three different black men about a horrific murder that took place in their community only to find out that it is she who is blind.
+ One (2014)
Film (Short and Comedy) Producer A crazy couple from Brooklyn, New York terrorize a man and woman who've never met one another at a wedding reception.