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Anthony Sparks
Anthony Sparks is an American television showrunner, writer-producer, and playwright. He is also an essay writer who focuses on media, performance, and African American politics and culture. He has a Ph.D. in American studies & ethnicity from USC and began his career as an actor in classical acting and was also a lead performer in New York in the show Stomp and in the Emmy-winning HBO film Stomp Out Loud.
Sparks is also an educator in film, television, African American studies, and American studies. He has taught screenwriting and cultural studies at USC, Occidental College, and California State University, Fullerton.
Originally from the South Side of Chicago, Sparks attended the Whitney Young Academic Center and Whitney Young Magnet High School. He graduated cum laude and with several honors (including the Jack Nicholson Award for Outstanding Undergraduate in the School of Dramatic Arts) from the University of Southern California where he studied theatre, film, cultural studies, and anthropology. He also earned his master's degree at USC, and completed a Ph.D. degree from USC in American Studies and Ethnicity. He was also a Fellow at the USC Center for American Studies for several years.
Sparks is an alumnus of the Warner Bros. Television Writing Workshop, The ABC-Disney Television Writing Fellowship, and the 2017 WGA Showrunners Training Program.
Sparks began his career as an actor, working in regional theaters and Off-Broadway (i.e. Old Globe Theatre, Crossroads Theater, New York's The Public Theater), and appeared for five years as the comedic lead in New York and the Broadway tour of the theatre show, STOMP. He also appeared in the Emmy-winning HBO film, Stomp Out Loud.
Among his plays, Ghetto Punch has appeared in several venues across the country and was featured in American Theatre magazine.
His television writing credits include the NBC J.J. Abrams series Undercovers, the Freeform cop & family drama series, Lincoln Heights, and the CBS cop drama The District. He was also a writer and producer on the NBC drama, The Blacklist. He is the longtime showrunner and executive producer of the television drama Queen Sugar. More recently, he signed a first look deal with Blumhouse Television, where Sparks is developing several projects.
In addition to recently developing and selling several drama series with studios and networks such as Disney+, Lionsgate, Legendary Television, and Netflix, among others, Sparks has also written for and executive produced the Hulu drama Mike and the Peacock series Bel-Air.
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Anthony Sparks
Anthony Sparks is an American television showrunner, writer-producer, and playwright. He is also an essay writer who focuses on media, performance, and African American politics and culture. He has a Ph.D. in American studies & ethnicity from USC and began his career as an actor in classical acting and was also a lead performer in New York in the show Stomp and in the Emmy-winning HBO film Stomp Out Loud.
Sparks is also an educator in film, television, African American studies, and American studies. He has taught screenwriting and cultural studies at USC, Occidental College, and California State University, Fullerton.
Originally from the South Side of Chicago, Sparks attended the Whitney Young Academic Center and Whitney Young Magnet High School. He graduated cum laude and with several honors (including the Jack Nicholson Award for Outstanding Undergraduate in the School of Dramatic Arts) from the University of Southern California where he studied theatre, film, cultural studies, and anthropology. He also earned his master's degree at USC, and completed a Ph.D. degree from USC in American Studies and Ethnicity. He was also a Fellow at the USC Center for American Studies for several years.
Sparks is an alumnus of the Warner Bros. Television Writing Workshop, The ABC-Disney Television Writing Fellowship, and the 2017 WGA Showrunners Training Program.
Sparks began his career as an actor, working in regional theaters and Off-Broadway (i.e. Old Globe Theatre, Crossroads Theater, New York's The Public Theater), and appeared for five years as the comedic lead in New York and the Broadway tour of the theatre show, STOMP. He also appeared in the Emmy-winning HBO film, Stomp Out Loud.
Among his plays, Ghetto Punch has appeared in several venues across the country and was featured in American Theatre magazine.
His television writing credits include the NBC J.J. Abrams series Undercovers, the Freeform cop & family drama series, Lincoln Heights, and the CBS cop drama The District. He was also a writer and producer on the NBC drama, The Blacklist. He is the longtime showrunner and executive producer of the television drama Queen Sugar. More recently, he signed a first look deal with Blumhouse Television, where Sparks is developing several projects.
In addition to recently developing and selling several drama series with studios and networks such as Disney+, Lionsgate, Legendary Television, and Netflix, among others, Sparks has also written for and executive produced the Hulu drama Mike and the Peacock series Bel-Air.