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| Born | 1972 |
| Alma mater | New York University |
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| Known for | Surviving R. Kelly (2019 documentary series) |
dream hampton (who writes her name in lowercase) is an American filmmaker, producer, and writer. She is known for her work on the 2019 Lifetime TV series Surviving R. Kelly, where she was an executive producer. She also helped produce An Oversimplification of Her Beauty in 2012. In 2010, she co-wrote the book Decoded with Jay-Z.
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Early Life and Education
dream hampton was born in Detroit in 1972. Her family is African American. She has shared that her parents named her after Rev. Martin Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech. She writes her name in all lowercase letters as a tribute to the author bell hooks. She studied filmmaking at New York University.
What dream hampton Does
hampton has written for many popular magazines. These include Vibe, Essence, Harper's Bazaar, and The Village Voice. She also wrote for The Detroit News, The Source, and Spin. She helped Jay-Z write his memoir Decoded in 2010.
She was part of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. This group is inspired by Malcolm X and works for African-American rights. As a member, hampton helped organize Black August. This was a benefit concert to support political prisoners. She made a film about this concert called Black August: A Hip-Hop Documentary Concert. It was shown for the first time at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 2010. In 2013, hampton directed a film called Treasure.
hampton was the executive producer for Surviving R. Kelly. This was a documentary series released in 2019.
She has also been a special guest artist at Stanford University. She was also recognized as a Kresge Artist Fellow. In 2020, hampton joined the board of Color of Change. This is a group that works for civil rights.
Awards and Recognition
Her short film I Am Ali was chosen for the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. It also won "Best Short Film" at the Newport Film Festival.
In 2015, she received a Richard Nichols Luminary award. Her film Treasure: From Tragedy to Trans Justice Mapping a Detroit Story won Best Documentary at the BlackStar Film Festival.
In 2019, hampton received a Gloria Award from the Ms. Foundation for Women. She was also named one of the Time 100 most influential people. She, along with Brie Miranda Bryant and Tamra Simmons, were named to Variety magazine's 2019 Power Women New York list. They worked together on Surviving R. Kelly.
The documentary series Surviving R. Kelly received a Peabody Award. It also won an MTV Movie Award for Best Documentary. It was named "Program of the Year" at the Banff World Media Festival.
In 2023, she received a special residency at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center. In 2024, The New Museum chose her as the Stuart Regen Visionary. This award honors people who have made big contributions to art and culture.
Film and TV Works
Here are some of the films and TV shows dream hampton has worked on:
- Behind The Music: The Notorious B.I.G. (1997), associate producer
- I Am Ali (2002), director
- Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life (2007), executive producer
- Black August: A Hip-Hop Documentary Concert (2010), director
- QueenS (2012 music video) by THEESatisfaction
- An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012), co-executive producer
- The Russian Winter (2012), associate producer
- Treasure: From Tragedy to Trans Justice Mapping a Detroit Story (2015), executive producer
- We Demand Justice for Renisha Mcbride
- The War on Drugs is an Epic Fail (New York Times 2016)
- It's A Hard Truth Ain't It (HBO 2019), executive producer
- Finding Justice (BET 2019), executive producer
- Burial of Kojo (Netflix 2019), co-executive producer
- Surviving R. Kelly (2019), executive producer
- We Hold These Truths (2022), director
- Freshwater (2022), director
- Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop (2023), director, executive producer
- It Was All A Dream (2024), director
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