- Frank Underwood, Jr. is an author, director, producer, playwright and creator of MUSXART®. His documentary work, Sister, I'm Sorry has been featured on network television and The Second Coming, one of his short films is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Museum. IM4, (I am for) one of his plays have been performed across North America and the Born of Phyre series, his novels have been published in the U.S. and internationally.
The son of a retired Army colonel, Frank's family lived in multiple locations while he was growing up, including New York, Germany, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Virginia, Washington D.C., and California. After attending Virginia Commonwealth University in the mid-1980's, Frank moved to New York City, furthering his studies in writing and art. In the early 1990s, he relocated to Los Angeles where he began his career in film production with Mark Freedman & Associates, writing and producing videos in the quickly evolving music video industry.
In 1991, Frank and his brother Blair formed the production company Eclectic Entertainment, developing a variety of film and television projects, music videos, and film shorts. His docudrama and his directorial debut, Sister, I'm Sorry, brought attention to and opened dialogue about sexual and domestic abuse and has been featured on network television; The Oprah Winfrey Show and 20/20, to name a few. The Second Coming, a short film Frank penned and co-produced, featured Ming-Na, Rosalind Cash and James Earl Jones. It went on to win several film festival awards and was featured on the Phil Donahue Show. In May 2017, on the 25th anniversary of its release, The Second Coming, was featured in a special screening and inducted into the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture's permanent, archived collection. Frank optioned his first screenplay to Tim Reid's New Millennium Studios during 1998 and his screenplay, My Soul to Keep, from the bestselling novel of the same name, was optioned and eventually sold to Fox Searchlight Pictures. His novel Born of Phyre, The Waking Lion was released in September of 2011, and was followed by, Born of Phyre, The Avenging Angels, which was released in 2015.
In the late 2000's, Frank first envisioned the concept that would evolve into Musxart®. After the emergence of reality television competitions in the late 1990's and 2000's, he wondered why there were no online or reality competitions for visual artists, soon realizing what he already knew--watching the slow process of creating art is boring. If there was a way to speed up the creative process for the viewing audience, he believed watching artists create their works would find an audience among fellow artists and those fascinated by the creative process. Drawing on his own experience as an artist and knowing how music inspires and enhances his creative flow, Underwood knew he had discovered the other key element of his concept-music. And so, Musxart® was born- IMDb Mini Biography By: Mary Parker
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