Roger Marcellus Bobb is an American producer and television director. He is the president and CEO of Bobbcat Films, a film and television production company based in Atlanta, Georgia formed in 2011. Prior to creating Bobbcat films, Bobb was the executive vice president of

Tyler Perry Studios Very Perry Productions, LLC, doing business as Tyler Perry Studios (TPS), is an American film production studio in Atlanta, Georgia founded by actor, filmmaker, and playwright Tyler Perry in 2006. In 2019, Perry celebrated the grand opening of ...

. Bobb has won seven NAACP Image Awards and has produced 11

Tyler Perry Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr., September 13, 1969) is an American actor, filmmaker, and playwright. He is the creator and performer of Madea, Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a tough elderly woman, and also portrays her brother Joe Simmons and her ...

films grossing over half a billion dollars. He has produced over 600 television sitcom episodes in his career such as ''

House of Payne ''Tyler Perry's House of Payne'', also known as simply ''House of Payne'', is an American sitcom television series created and produced by Tyler Perry that premiered in syndication on June 21, 2006. The series revolves around a multi-generation ...

'', '' Meet the Browns'', '' The Rickey Smiley Show'', ''Last Call'' and '' Mann & Wife''. Bobb also produced and directed the television movies ''Cooking Up Christmas'', ''Holiday Heist,'' ''Friend Request'', ''Raising Izzie'', ''In the Meantime'', ''Girlfriends Getaway'' and ''Girlfriends Getaway 2''. He is a former DGA Trainee.

Early life

Bobb was born in

Balham Balham () is an List of areas of London, area in south-west London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, with small parts extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Lambeth. It has been settled since Saxon times and appears in t ...

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of Guyanese parents, and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He attended

Brooklyn Technical High School Brooklyn Technical High School, commonly called Brooklyn Tech and administratively designated High School 430, is a public specialized high school in New York City that specializes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It is on ...

Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn in New York City, United States. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls nearly 14,000 students on a campus in the Midwood and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn as of fall ...

and the

School of Visual Arts The School of Visual Arts New York City (SVA NYC) is a private for-profit art school in New York City. It was founded in 1947 and is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. History This school was started by Silas ...

Awards and recognition

Bobb been nominated for nine and has won seven NAACP Image awards: five for producing the sitcom ''

Tyler Perry's House of Payne ''Tyler Perry's House of Payne'', also known as simply ''House of Payne'', is an American sitcom television series created and produced by Tyler Perry that premiered in syndication on June 21, 2006. The series revolves around a multi-generation ...

'', one for producing the film ''

For Colored Girls ''For Colored Girls'' is a 2010 American drama film adapted from Ntozake Shange's 1975 original choreopoem '' for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf''. Written, directed and co-produced by Tyler Perry, the film ...

'' and one for producing the series ''It's a Mann's World''. He is the recipient of the Caribbean American Movers and Shakers Awards, for his work in the film industry.

Filmography

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Cop Land ''Cop Land'' is a 1997 American crime drama film written and directed by James Mangold. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta and Robert De Niro, with Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Patrick, Michael Rapaport, Annabell ...

'' (1997) *'' Preaching to the Choir'' (2005) *''

State Property 2 ''State Property 2'' is a 2005 American crime film directed by Damon Dash and produced and distributed by Lionsgate Entertainment. A sequel to 2002's '' State Property'', the film stars rap artists and other musicians such as Cam'ron, The Dipl ...

'' (2005) *''

Diary of a Mad Black Woman ''Diary of a Mad Black Woman'' is a 2005 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Darren Grant and written by Tyler Perry. Inspired by the play of the same name, it marks Perry's feature film debut and is the first entry in the Madea ...

'' (2005) *''

Madea's Family Reunion ''Madea's Family Reunion'' is a 2006 American comedy-drama film and an adaptation of the Madea's Family Reunion (play), stage production of the same name written by Tyler Perry. The film is a sequel to ''Diary of a Mad Black Woman''. It was writt ...

'' (2006) *''

'' (TV series) (2006; TV) (directed) *''

Daddy's Little Girls ''Daddy's Little Girls'' is a 2007 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry, produced by Perry and Reuben Cannon, and starring Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Louis Gossett Jr., and Tracee Ellis Ross. It tells the sto ...

'' (2007) *''

Why Did I Get Married? ''Why Did I Get Married?'' is a 2007 American comedy-drama film adaptation written, produced, directed, and starring Tyler Perry. It was inspired by Perry's play of the same name. The film also stars Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Malik Yoba, Sharo ...

'' (2007) *'' Meet the Browns'' (2008) *''

The Family That Preys ''The Family That Preys'' is a 2008 American comedy drama film written, co-produced and directed by Tyler Perry. The screenplay focuses on two families, one wealthy and the other working class, whose lives are intertwined in both love and business ...

'' (2008) *''

Madea Goes to Jail ''Madea Goes to Jail'' is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry, which was based on his 2006 play, and starring Perry, Derek Luke, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Ion Overman, RonReaco Lee, Sofía Vergara, Vanessa Ferl ...

'' (2009) *'' I Can Do Bad All By Myself'' (2009) *''

Why Did I Get Married Too? ''Why Did I Get Married Too?'' is a 2010 American comedy-drama film directed by Tyler Perry and starring Janet Jackson, Tyler Perry, Tasha Smith, Jill Scott, Louis Gossett Jr., Malik Yoba, Michael Jai White, Sharon Leal, Richard T. Jones, Lamman ...

'' (2010) *''

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf #REDIRECT For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf {{R from move ...

'' (2010) *'' Madea's Big Happy Family'' (2011) *''Raising Izzie'' (2012) *''Let the Church Say Amen'' (2012) *''Girlfriends Getaway'' (2014) (directed) *''Girlfriends Getaway 2'' (2015) (directed) *''Bad Dad Rehab'' (2016) *''

Life-Size 2 ''Life-Size 2'', also known as ''Life-Size 2: A Christmas Eve'', is a 2018 American fantasy-comedy television film directed by Steven Tsuchida and starring Tyra Banks and Francia Raisa. It is the sequel to ''Life-Size'' starring Banks and Lindsay ...

'' (2018) *''Holiday Heist'' (2019) (directed) *''Same Time Next Christmas'' (2019) *'' Friend Request'' (2020) (directed) *''Steppin' Back to Love'' (2020) (directed) *'' The Thing About Harry'' (2020) *''Open'' (2020) *''Alieu the Dreamer'' (2020) *''Cooking Up Christmas'' (2020) (directed) *''A Chestnut Family Christmas'' (2021) (directed) *''A Christmas Stray'' (2021) (directed) *''

Sense and Sensibility ''Sense and Sensibility'' ( working title; ''Elinor and Marianne'') is the first novel by the English author Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was published anonymously: ''By A Lady'' appears on the title page where the author's name might h ...

'' (2024) (directed)

Television

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New York Undercover ''New York Undercover'' is an American police drama that aired on the Fox television network from September 8, 1994, to February 11, 1999. The series starred Malik Yoba as Detective J.C. Williams and Michael DeLorenzo as Detective Eddie Torre ...

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NYPD Blue ''NYPD Blue'' is an American police procedural television series set in New York City, exploring the struggles of the fictional 15th Precinct detective squad in Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwines several plots involving an ensemble ca ...

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'' (directed 2 episodes) *'' Meet the Browns'' (directed 4 episodes) *''The Battle'' (directed 5 episodes) *'' The Rickey Smiley Show'' (directed 27 episodes) *''It's a Mann's World'' *'' Mann & Wife'' (directed 27 episodes) *'' Rickey Smiley For Real'' *''Last Call'' *''

Reasonable Doubt Beyond (a) reasonable doubt is a legal standard of proof required to validate a criminal conviction in most adversarial legal systems. It is a higher standard of proof than the standard of balance of probabilities (US English: preponderance of ...

References

External links

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