Age, Biography and Wiki
Janicza Bravo is an American writer, director, and photographer. She is best known for her work on the television series Atlanta, Love, and Dear White People. She has also directed several short films, including Gregory Go Boom, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Bravo was born in New York City and raised in Miami, Florida. She attended the University of Miami, where she studied film and photography. After graduating, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in filmmaking.
Bravo has directed several short films, including Gregory Go Boom, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. She has also directed episodes of the television series Atlanta, Love, and Dear White People.
Bravo has also written and directed the feature films Lemon and Zola. She is currently in pre-production on her third feature film, which is set to star Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield.
As of 2021, Janicza Bravo's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.
| Popular As |
Janicza Michelle Bravo Ford |
| Occupation |
Filmmaker,photographer |
| Age |
43 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces |
| Born |
25 February, 1981 |
| Birthday |
25 February |
| Birthplace |
New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States |
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She is a member of famous Filmmaker with the age 43 years old group.
Janicza Bravo Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Janicza Bravo's Husband?
Her husband is Brett Gelman (m. 2015-2018)
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| Husband |
Brett Gelman (m. 2015-2018) |
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Janicza Bravo Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Janicza Bravo worth at the age of 43 years old? Janicza Bravo’s income source is mostly from being a successful Filmmaker. She is from United States. We have estimated
Janicza Bravo's net worth
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2022 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2022 |
Under Review |
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Timeline
In 2016, Bravo released the short film, Hard World for Small Things, a live-action virtual reality film that was a "day in the life" depiction of South Central. The project was grant funded by Eve Cohen and James Kaelan of Seed and Spark. The film was inspired by the death of a cousin, visiting from Panama, who in the summer of 1999 was asphyxiated by the police in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn is a case of mistaken identity. It was shot using GoPro cameras for the virtual reality company Wevr, and was shown at the Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and the AFI Festival Los Angeles. The title of the film was inspired by a line of dialog in the 1955 film noir film, The Night of the Hunter, and marked a distinct departure in theme, as it focused on race and politics.
Also in 2016, Bravo took the short, Woman in Deep, to the 2016 SXSW Film Festival. The film stars Alison Pill and was grant-funded via The Nantucket Project.
In 2016, Bravo directed her first feature, an independent film called Lemon, which she co-wrote with Brett Gelman. The film stars Gelman, Michael Cera, and Judy Greer, and includes performances by Nia Long, Fred Melamed, Shiri Appleby, Rhea Perlman, David Paymer, Gillian Jacobs, Megan Mullally, Martin Starr, Jeff Garlin, and Marla Gibbs. After a somewhat turbulent pre-production process, the film was picked up by Killer Films and Burn Later Productions and premiered at Sundance in 2017.
In 2015, Bravo shot a featurette on Victoria Beckham for Glamour' s 25th Anniversary Women of the Year Awards called "Victoria Beckham Is Living a Life Filled with Style and Grace".
In December 2015, Bravo married her long-time boyfriend, actor Brett Gelman. Gelman and Bravo met in New York City while working on a New York Lotto commercial. They live in Los Angeles. She speaks Spanish fluently and is Latin American. Gelman describes Bravo as being Jewish and Black and Panamanian. They divorced in 2019.
Her third short film, 2014's Pauline Alone, features Gaby Hoffmann as a Craigslist-obsessed woman. In 2014, she was named one of Filmmaker magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film".
Her second film, the 2013 dark comedy named Gregory Go Boom, was shown at the Sundance Film Festival and featured Michael Cera as a paraplegic who lives near the Salton Sea. The film was shot on location in Bombay Beach and Slab City, California. Bravo worked with JASH to produce and release the film online. The film's title was inspired by the 1976 François Truffaut film, Small Change, where the boy falls out the window yet survives.
Bravo got her start writing and directing a series of short films. Her first film, Eat, which debuted at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival and was picked up by Vice, and starred Katherine Waterston and Brett Gelman. The film told the story of a woman who is locked out of her apartment and meets an odd neighbor.
Janicza Michelle Bravo Ford (born 25 February 1981) is an American writer, director, and photographer.
