Biography
George Arthur "Rusty" Cundieff (born December 13, 1960) is an American film/television director, actor, and writer. His notable credits are as director/writer of and lead actor in the This Is Spinal Tap-like rap satire Fear of a Black Hat, as writer of the second installment to House Party, and as director of the horror anthology Tales from the Hood. He also directed the 1997 film, Sprung. He was also a director for Chappelle's Show and a correspondent on TV Nation. He also directed and starred ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Meet Me Next Christmas
2024
as Christmas Mime
On a quest to reconnect with the man of her dreams, Layla races across New York City to find a ticket to a sold-out Pentatonix Christmas Eve concert.
Meet Me Next Christmas
2024
Director
On a quest to reconnect with the man of her dreams, Layla races across New York City to find a ticket to a sold-out Pentatonix Christmas Eve concert.
57 Seconds
2023
as Detective
When a tech blogger lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him, he finds a mysterious ring that takes him back 57 seconds into the...
57 Seconds
2023
Director, Screenplay
When a tech blogger lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him, he finds a mysterious ring that takes him back 57 seconds into the...
Doing the Hollywood Shuffle
2023
Actors Rusty Cundieff, Anne-Marie Johnson, and Bobby McGee reflect on the production of Hollywood Shuffle.
A New Diva's Christmas Carol
2022
Director
Aphrodite was made famous back in the day for performing THE timeless love song of the era. The song that everyone plays at their weddings, in every s...
Christmas in Harmony
2021
Director
Harmony is tricked into auditioning for the Holiday Chorus — directed by an ex-boyfriend. By Christmas Eve, they could be harmonizing in the key of lo...
Tales from the Hood 3
2020
Director, Producer, Writer
Following the franchise's cult classic roots, this new anthology featuring Tony Todd and Lynn Whitfield will scare and thrill with its horrifying twis...
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
as Self
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history...
American Nightmares
2018
as Black Lawman
Two voyeuristic nerds are hacking the devices of people as they themselves are hacked by the feed from story tellers Mister Malevolent and Mystic Woma...
American Nightmares
2018
Director, Writer, Producer
Two voyeuristic nerds are hacking the devices of people as they themselves are hacked by the feed from story tellers Mister Malevolent and Mystic Woma...
Tales from the Hood 2
2018
as Press Conference Reporter
Mr. Simms returns to tell more eerie, unsettling tales involving dolls, psychics, possession and ghosts.
Tales from the Hood 2
2018
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Mr. Simms returns to tell more eerie, unsettling tales involving dolls, psychics, possession and ghosts.
White Water
2015
Director
White Water is the story of a 7 year-old black kid in segregated 1963 Opelika, Alabama who becomes obsessed with the desire to taste the water from th...
Movie 43
2013
Director
A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest ...
In Search of Charlie Chan
2006
as Self
A documentary on the creation of the popular Charlie Chan detective character as well as the history of Chan films of the 1930s.
The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior
2000
Director
Spin and Marty are two young children who share his adventures.
Sprung
1997
as Montel
Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde makes Adina think he is very rich and gets her in...
Sprung
1997
Director, Writer
Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde makes Adina think he is very rich and gets her in...
Tales from the Hood
1995
as Richard (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.
Tales from the Hood
1995
Writer, Director
A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.
Fear of a Black Hat
1994
as Ice Cold
Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button i...
Fear of a Black Hat
1994
Director, Writer
Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button i...
Eddie Presley
1993
as Guard
Eddie Presley is a down on his luck ex-Elvis impersonator. With his days of fromer glory performing in small to medium-sized clubs behind him, he's st...
House Party 2
1991
Screenplay, Story
Kid'N'Play leave their neighborhood and enter the world of adulthood and higher education. Play attempts to get rich quick in the music business while...
School Daze
1988
as Chucky
Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.
Hollywood Shuffle
1987
as Audition Actor / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy-Type
Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploit...