Rhonda Baraka

Rhonda F. Baraka is a Canadian Screen Awards-winning writer and an NAACP-nominated director with more than 20 produced television movies to her credit.

Her recent works include directing A CHRISTMAS SPARK, starring Jane Seymour and her Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman co-star Joe Lando; writing and directing Lifetime's two-part FALLEN ANGELS MURDER CLUB series, starring Toni Braxton; writing MIRACLE IN MOTOR CITY (Lifetime), a Motown Christmas movie starring Tia Mowry and Smokey Robinson; writing SONG & STORY: AMAZING GRACE, the first in a series of faith-based movies on OWN and writing ADVENTURES IN CHRISTMASING (vh1), a unique holiday rom com set in the Canadian wilderness, starring Kim Fields and Adrian Holmes.

Ms. Baraka's episodic writing credits include BET's TALES and Bounce TV's SAINTS AND SINNERS. Her additional directing credits include DOWNSIZED (TV ONE), starring Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe, and the star-studded PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: ATLANTA (Lifetime), an updated version of the Jane Austen classic, starring Jackee Harry, Reginald Vel Johnson, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Timon Durrett, Tiffany Hines and Juan Antonio.

Ms. Baraka also created the popular UP TV Chandler Family Christmas movie franchise, starring Malinda Williams, Victoria Rowell and Greg Alan Williams. She wrote all five installments and directed the final three.

Ms. Baraka, a native of Tuskegee, Alabama, endeavors to tell stories that represent a unique female voice and embrace her southern roots.