Naima Ramos-Chapman
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Naima Ramos-Chapman is an American director, writer, and actress. She directed two short films that deal with gender-based violence, And Nothing Happened in 2016, and Piu Piu in 2018.[1][2]
Naima Ramos-Chapman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Brooklyn, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | director, writer, actress |
| Notable work | And Nothing Happened |
Ramos-Chapman was raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn.[3] She is of Puerto Rican and Black descent.[4] She studied dance from childhood and attended the Alvin Ailey School for Dance. Ramos-Chapman graduated from Brooklyn College.[5]
The first film Ramos-Chapman wrote and directed was the 2016 short And Nothing Happened.[3] She used Kickstarter and worked several jobs to finance the film.[5] The film, which she stars in, was inspired by her trauma in the aftermath of a sexual assault.[4] She stated in an interview with Essence, "It is not only a thing one person survives–sexual assault is something a whole family, community, nation survives and until we understand that we cannot truly confront it. That is why I made And Nothing Happened."[5] In 2018, Ramos-Chapman wrote and directed Piu Piu, a "psycho surrealist" short that premiered at the 2018 BlackStar Film Festival.[3][6] Piu Piu is loosely based on an experience Ramos-Chapman had been stalked by a stranger in public.[4]
Ramos-Chapman is a writer, director, and actor for HBO's Random Acts of Flyness.[1] She also edits and does production work for the series.[6]
On July 24, 2019, it was announced that Ramos-Chapman was slated to direct a Showtime series called How to Make Love to a Black Woman (Who May Be Working Through Some Sh*t), executive produced by Lena Waithe and written by Casallina “Cathy” Kisakye.[2] In February 2020, it was announced that Showtime would no longer move forward with the pilot.[7]
In 2021, Ramos-Chapman was named a United States Artists (USA) Fellow.[8]
She was in a relationship with Terence Nance, whom she met while interviewing him for Saint Heron, the creative agency owned by Solange Knowles. [9]
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