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Robi Reed

Production
Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Biography

Robi Reed (born Robin Lynn Reed) is an American casting director and producer. She has over 50 films and television shows to her credit, including The Best Man, Soul Food, For Colored Girls, Love Jones, Set It Off, In Living Color and Girlfriends. She began her career working with the writer-director Spike Lee. His 1988 release, School Daze, was her first film as a casting director. She went on to cast Lee's Malcolm X, Do the Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, Crooklyn, Clockers and Jungle Fever. Reed is currently the vice president of talent and casting for original programming at Black Entertainment Television (BET), where she oversees talent and casting for scripted and non-scripted shows. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robi Reed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Details

Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Known For
Production

Also Known As

Robi Reed-Humes
Robin Lynn Reed

Movies (41)

Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
6.0

Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising

as Self

2022

For Colored Girls
6.7

For Colored Girls

Casting (Production)

2010

Somebody Help Me
6.4

Somebody Help Me

Casting (Production)

2007

Crossover
3.4

Crossover

Casting (Production)

2006

Waist Deep
6.5

Waist Deep

Casting (Production)

2006

Their Eyes Were Watching God
5.4

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Casting (Production)

2005

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
5.0

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

as Self

2005

The Seat Filler
4.3

The Seat Filler

Co-Producer (Production)

2004

The Fighting Temptations
5.7

The Fighting Temptations

Casting (Production)

2003

Antwone Fisher
6.9

Antwone Fisher

Casting (Production)

2002

Undercover Brother
5.9

Undercover Brother

Casting (Production)

2002

Two Can Play That Game
6.4

Two Can Play That Game

Casting (Production)

2001

Kingdom Come
6.5

Kingdom Come

Casting (Production)

2001

Fire & Ice
8.0

Fire & Ice

Co-Producer (Production)

2001

Brother
7.1

Brother

Casting (Production)

2000

Turn It Up
4.8

Turn It Up

Casting (Production)

2000

Freedom Song
5.5

Freedom Song

Casting (Production)

2000

Punks
4.5

Punks

Casting (Production)

2000

The Best Man
6.6

The Best Man

Casting (Production)

1999

Trippin'
4.9

Trippin'

Casting (Production)

1999

Don King: Only in America
6.5

Don King: Only in America

Casting (Production)

1997

Soul Food
6.2

Soul Food

Casting (Production)

1997

Love Jones
7.4

Love Jones

Casting (Production)

1997

Set It Off
7.2

Set It Off

Casting (Production)

1996

Clockers
6.7

Clockers

Casting (Production)

1995

The Tuskegee Airmen
7.1

The Tuskegee Airmen

Casting (Production)

1995

Panther
6.2

Panther

Casting (Production)

1995

Tuesday Morning Ride
6.3

Tuesday Morning Ride

Casting Director (Production)

1995

A Low Down Dirty Shame
5.6

A Low Down Dirty Shame

Casting (Production)

1994

Crooklyn
6.8

Crooklyn

Casting (Production)

1994

House Party 3
5.1

House Party 3

Casting (Production)

1994

Poetic Justice
6.8

Poetic Justice

as Woman on Couch

1993

Malcolm X
7.5

Malcolm X

Casting (Production)

1992

Jungle Fever
6.4

Jungle Fever

Casting (Production)

1991

Heat Wave
6.2

Heat Wave

Casting (Production)

1990

Mo' Better Blues
6.5

Mo' Better Blues

Casting Director (Production)

1990

Harlem Nights
6.1

Harlem Nights

as Woman Employee (as Robin Lynn Reed)

1989

Making 'Do the Right Thing'
6.7

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

as Self

1989

Do the Right Thing
7.8

Do the Right Thing

Casting (Production)

1989

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
6.4

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

Casting (Production)

1988

School Daze
5.7

School Daze

Casting (Production)

1988

TV Shows (3)