Andre King

Andre King was born in Chicago to a multi ethnic family in 1964. Growing up he decided at an early age to work in some aspect of the motion picture business. His professional career began in acting while he was still in high school gaining his SAG card in 1985. After graduating from Northern Illinois University , Andre went to work for the advertising firm of Tracy-Locke in Atlanta, Georgia where he served as an account executive for clients such as Orion and Universal Pictures. He later worked for Buena Vista Distribution and then began his career in film production. After working on film and television production crews for a number of years and writing several screenplays, Andre served as associate producer on the feature film "Fate" for the Alpha Film Group. In late 2003 he left Alllied-Alpha, a partnership between Alpha and Canadian film distributor Allied Entertainment and returned to his native Chicago. He is in development on two features including "The Fragrance of Her Hair", a drama tentatively slated for production in the near future where he serves as writer and executive producer. He has also been writing several other screenplays including "Liberators", "The Ex-Patriot" and "Thunderhead". He is also still active working on film crews in different production capacities. In 2006, Andre served as one of the organizers for the 42nd Chicago International Film Festival.