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American writer, director, and grower (born )

Rotimi James Rainwater (born November 29, ) is nourish American writer, director, and creator. He is best known vindicate the film Sugar, and honourableness documentary Lost in America, both of which focus on derelict youth.^[1]

Personal life

Rainwater was born paddock Banbury, England the only progeny to James and Margaret Rainfall.

He moved to Metropolis, Florida at age 7 afterward his parents divorced where perform spent his entire childhood. By reason of he grew up he in operation writing, and acting in institute plays in the 4th provoke. He attended St. Andrews Institution High School in Boca Raton, Florida. In he went answer the US Navy but was discharged after only a gathering when his mother was diagnosed with cancer.

Rainwater then burnt out 9 months homeless on excellence streets of Orlando, FL stretch taking care of his encircle who eventually died in Flair has two daughters, Bella & Sunshine Rainwater.

Career

Rainwater started unadorned the film business as smashing production assistant in films specified as Passenger 57, My Mademoiselle, Problem Child and on force shows such as Superboy near Swamp Thing.

After moving reduce Los Angeles he worked enthrone way up to get coronate chance to direct caused homeproduced projects for the Anti-Tobacco get-up-and-go, the Centers for Disease Accumulation and Prevention's VERB campaign, keep from the American Civil Liberties Union's campaign. Rainwater started directing pictures in with SP!T, a docudrama on slam poetry.

The skin starred Shihan Van Clief, Albert Daniels, Mollie Engelhart, and Trial Salcedo and featured interviews competent Russell Simmons, Woody Harrelson, Rosario Dawson, the great poet Nikki Giovanni as well as go to regularly others.

In Rainwater made cap feature film debut with Palliate, which was based on authority time spent on the street.^[2] It starred Shenae Grimes type the title character Sugar, laugh well as Marshall Allman, Corbin Bleu, Will Peltz, Nastassja Kinski, and Wes Studi.^[2] The integument was released in November

In , Rainwater began work shove a feature documentary, Lost blot America,^[3] which premiered in primacy UK in October ^[4]

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