Biography

K. Lorrel Manning is an award-winning filmmaker, theatre artist, and musician.

Film festivals and awards include South By Southwest (World premiere, Narrative competition); Hamptons Film Festival (New York premiere); Discovery Award & Best Actor Award, Rhode Island International Film Festival; Audience Award-Best Feature, Oldenburg International Film Festival; Jury Award-Best Film, Beaufort International Film Festival; David Horowitz Media Literacy Award, Santa Fe Indie Film Festival; Best Film, North Country Film Festival; Best Film, Peace On Earth Film Festival; Opening Night Film, Kansas City Film Festival; Voice Award, Nominee. Manning is developing his second feature film, "Sheila & the Punk Rock," a television pilot, and a full-length documentary on young Cameroonian painter Ludovic Nkoth.

As a theatre director and playwright, Manning has worked extensively Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway. Most recently, he wrote, directed, and starred in the critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway play "Awake," which received its world premiere at the Barrow Group Theatre Company. Other recent theatre directing work includes a new, critically-acclaimed adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" (co-written with Seth Barrish) and John Yearley's "The Unrepeatable Moment." Manning holds an MFA in Film from Columbia University, and a BFA in Drama (Acting/Playwriting) from the University of Georgia.
- IMDb mini biography by: Al Jacobs