Bio
David E. Talbert is an American playwright best known to television viewers for his reality show Stage Black (2007), in which he held a talent search to find an actor for his stage play Love in The Nick of Tyme.
Talbert has written and directed a number of nationally acclaimed touring productions that have garnered dozens of NAACP nominations, winning Best Playwright of the Year for The Fabric of a Man.
In 2007, Talbert received the New York Literary Award for Best Playwright of the Year for Love in The Nick of Tyme and won the prestigious NAACP Trailblazer Award for his accomplishments in theatre.
In addition to his many stage productions, Talbert made his directorial debut with the Sony Pictures comedy First Sunday, starring Ice Cube, SNL alumnus and 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan, and comedian Katt Williams.
He also wrote and produced the NBC television special Jamie Foxx: Unpredictable, starred in his own reality television series Stage Black and has written several novels including Love Don't Live Here No More, which he co-wrote with hip hop icon Snoop Dogg.
Talbert directed his second feature film, the Fox Searchlight romantic comedy Baggage Claim, adapted from his Essence best-selling novel. The cast includes Paula Patton, Derek Luke, Taye Diggs, Morris Chestnut, Jill Scott, Trey Songz, Adam Brody and Djimon Honsou.
A graduate of Morgan State University Talbert earned his bachelors degree in marketing and later attended New York University's accelerated film program.