Directed credits
18
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Rusty Cundieff
Directing
Career Snapshot
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0.5
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Directed movies: 12Directed series: 6All crew credits: 20
TMDB ID: 141825
IMDb ID: nm0192090
Known for: Directing
Born: December 13, 1960
Age: 65
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1985 - 2025
Years active: 41
Average TMDB rating: 6.04
Wikidata: Q3942954
Frequent jobs
Director (18)Screenplay (1)Writer (1)
Biography
George Arthur "Rusty" Cundieff (born December 13, 1960) is an American film/television director, actor, and writer. His notable credits are as director/writer of and lead actor in the This Is Spinal Tap-like rap satire Fear of a Black Hat, as writer of the second installment to House Party, and as director of the horror anthology Tales from the Hood. He also directed the 1997 film, Sprung. He was also a director for Chappelle's Show and a correspondent on TV Nation. He also directed and starred in a U Can't Touch This parody titled Yes We Can, which focuses on Barack Obama. Cundieff was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Christina and John A. Cundieff, both of whom appeared in Tales from the Hood. He is married to Trina Davis Cundieff with whom he has two children. Cundieff is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. He also portrayed a fraternity brother (of the fictitious Gamma Phi Gamma) in Spike Lee's School Daze in which actual members of Alpha Phi Alpha were featured. Cundieff is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rusty Cundieff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Rusty Cundieff.
6.3
Meet Me Next Christmas
Director
2024 Movie
6.2
57 Seconds
Director
2023 Movie
6.2
A New Diva's Christmas Carol
Director
2022 Movie
5.0
Christmas in Harmony
Director
2021 Movie
5.1
Tales from the Hood 3
Director
2020 Movie
4.7
American Nightmares
Director
2018 Movie
5.0
Tales from the Hood 2
Director
2018 Movie
8.0
White Water
Director
2015 Movie
4.6
Movie 43
Director
2013 Movie
10.0
The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior
Director
2000 Movie
5.3
Sprung
Director
1997 Movie
5.9
Fear of a Black Hat
Director
1994 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Rusty Cundieff.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Rusty Cundieff.
6.4
Hollywood Shuffle
as Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
1987 Movie
6.3
Meet Me Next Christmas
Director
2024 Movie
6.3
Tales from the Hood
Writer
1995 Movie
6.2
57 Seconds
Director
2023 Movie
5.7
School Daze
as Chucky
1988 Movie
5.3
House Party 2
Screenplay
1991 Movie
4.6
Movie 43
Director
2013 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Rusty Cundieff.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Rusty Cundieff.
4.6
Movie 43
Director
2013 Movie
6.2
57 Seconds
Director
2023 Movie
8.0
White Water
Director
2015 Movie
6.3
Meet Me Next Christmas
Director
2024 Movie
5.7
School Daze
as Chucky
1988 Movie
6.3
Tales from the Hood
Writer
1995 Movie
5.9
Fear of a Black Hat
Director
1994 Movie
5.1
Tales from the Hood 3
Director
2020 Movie
5.0
Tales from the Hood 2
Director
2018 Movie
6.7
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
as Self
2019 Movie
5.3
House Party 2
Screenplay
1991 Movie
6.4
Hollywood Shuffle
as Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
1987 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Rusty Cundieff.
7.4
Creepshow
Director • 2 eps
2019 Series
6.5
The Bernie Mac Show
Director • 1 eps
2001 Series
6.7
The Wonderful World of Disney
Director • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.1
Clueless
Director • 1 eps
1996 Series
8.1
Chappelle's Show
Director • 1 eps
2003 Series
5.7
TV Nation
17 eps
1994 Series
6.3
What's Happening Now!!
as J.B. Whitney • 1 eps
1985 Series
3.0
Campus Ladies
Director • 1 eps
2006 Series
4.5
MacGruder and Loud
as Perry • 1 eps
1985 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Rusty Cundieff.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Rusty Cundieff.
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
as Self
2025 Movie
6.3
Meet Me Next Christmas
as Christmas Mime
2024 Movie
Doing the Hollywood Shuffle
2023 Movie
6.7
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
as Self
2019 Movie
4.7
American Nightmares
as Black Lawman
2018 Movie
5.0
Tales from the Hood 2
as Press Conference Reporter
2018 Movie
5.3
Sprung
as Montel
1997 Movie
6.3
Tales from the Hood
as Richard (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
1995 Movie
5.9
Fear of a Black Hat
as Ice Cold
1994 Movie
3.4
Eddie Presley
as Guard
1993 Movie
5.7
School Daze
as Chucky
1988 Movie
6.4
Hollywood Shuffle
as Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
1987 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Rusty Cundieff.