• Kamilah Forbes
• Director & Producer
• The Apollo Theater

Kamilah Forbes is an award-winning director and producer for theater and television. She currently serves as the Executive Producer at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Kamilah is committed to the development of creative works by, for, and about the Hip-Hop generation. As a proud Howard University alum, she has won awards for both directing and producing, including the 2019 NBTF Larry Leon Hamlin Producer Award and an NAACP Image Award. Directing credits include “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark,” written by Lynn Nottage “Blood Quilt” written by Katori Hall, and “Sunset Baby” written by
Dominique Morrisseau. She has also worked closely with Kenny Leon on “The Wiz Live,” “A Raisin in the Sun,” “Mountaintop,” and “Stick Fly” on Broadway. Kamilah’s most recent directorial work for television is HBO’s “Between the World and Me”.