Ali LeRoi

Ali LeRoi is the Emmy Awardwinning executive producerwriter of the critically acclaimed comedy Everybody Hates Chris a series inspired by the childhood experiences of comedian Chris Rock He is a Golden Globe nominee a 2007 NAACP Image Award winner for best writer in a comedy series as well as a winner of the 2007 AFI TV Program of the Year Award LeRoi served as a producer and writer on The Chris Rock Show for which he won an Emmy a Cable Ace Award and received five Emmy Award nominations He is an NAACP Awards Best Director nominee for his work on Everybody Hates Chris and has directed segments for the 77th Annual Academy Awards as well as for the Orlando Jones Show Major motion picture credits include producing and cowriting Head of State and Down to Earth as well as producing cultfavorite Pootie Tang Recent projects include producing writing and directing the television adaptation of Ice Cubes hit film Are We There Yet for TBS as well as developing a project at HBO with music industry legend Irv Gotti and producing a slate of animation and sitcom projects for television and cable with film star and business partner Orlando Jones under their newly created F Masse Media banner Originally from Chicago LeRoi currently lives in Los Angeles