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Jamal Olori is known for Atlanta (2016), Swarm (2023) and Guava Island (2019). Add photos, demo reels. Add to list. More at IMDbPro Contact info & Agent info. Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 3 nominations total. Photos. Known for: Atlanta. 8.6. TV Series. Writer. 2016–2022 • 20 eps. Swarm. 7.2. TV Series. Writer. 2023 • 1 ep. Guava Island.
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May 23, 2022 · Culture. Stephen Glover Thinks Atlanta Season 3 Will Go Down As Its Best Season. The writer/executive producer answers every burning question about the latest season. By Frazier Tharpe. May 23,...
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Mar 15, 2018 · Writer Jamal Olori unpacks the Emmy-winning comedy’s expert grasp on Internet culture—and gives more proof that it exists in an alternate reality. By Yohana Desta. March 15, 2018. This post...
Jan 13, 2023 · LeBron James and his SpringHill production company were working on reviving the House Party franchise, and Calmatic was brought in to direct from a script by Atlanta writers Stephen Glover and...
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- The Justin Bieber Episode Confused FX
- On Creating Vanessa
- On Writing as If They Were Going to Be Cancelled After One Season
- Paper Boi Was Almost called White Boi
- On Writing Black Characters Living Normal Lives
- On The B.A.N. Episode and Tackling PC Culture
- On Those Commercials
Stephen Glover: I remember when we turned in the script to FXand they emailed Donald back and said: “Is Justin Bieber actually going to be in this?” Jamal Olori: We just started laughing so hard. Initially, we were fighting about so many things, we had a first-time director [Hiro Murai] and we were doing everything different in terms of what’s succ...
Stefani Robinson: We went out of our way to make sure every single character was real, but that episode was important because it was representative of black women and their experience in Atlanta. Everybody had conversations about what was the value of a black woman in the United States? That’s a really good example of presenting both sides of the s...
JO: We always had this thing where we said we were going to get cancelled first season because our shit is going to be too outrageous. And then maybe later on everyone will go back and be like, “Damn, this show was actually good”, like a cult classic. Like Family Guy, at first it came out and then got cancelled but it came back and it’s still runni...
JO: He was actually going to be called White Boi initially. We were playing around with different rap names and we thought, “Why isn’t there a White Boi who just raps about cocaine?” That’s all anyone raps about now, so why hasn’t anyone done that? Then we found out there actually is a White Boi [Chris ‘White Boy’ Riley].
SR: You are conditioned to see black people to get shot or hooked on something. It’s really fun to write a show where you get to see black people living life every day. We all live life every day, and, knock on wood, I’ve never been shot. SG: People feel like they understand black existence a lot more than they actually do. JO: The media has portra...
SG: Have you ever seen the Cam’ron, Dame Dash and Bill O’Reilly interview? There’s a trope in TV: here’s an issue with black people, so let’s get a random black person who is not really qualified to speak on this subject against someone on the other side of that who is super qualified and super into it, and let’s have them battle. JO: You end up se...
JO: In Atlanta you just see Dodge Chargers everywhere, and they’re driven by the dope boys. Everyone knows it and it’s like a part of Atlanta. We didn’t know if the companies would let us do the commercials or if we’d get into trouble for it. Donald thought about it and technically we can, but nobody does it. We ended up pitching it to FX and they ...
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Jamal Olori. Writer: Atlanta. Jamal Olori is known for Atlanta (2016), Swarm (2023) and Guava Island (2019).
Apr 15, 2022 · It's possible the Season 3 episode's writer Jamal Olori was inspired by a real-life rap star's alleged supernatural Milwaukee experience, after Megan Thee Stallion (jokingly) documented her...
