R. Malcolm Jones is an American film director, cinematographer, and television writer. He is a graduate of the University of Miami, where he was awarded the prestigious Eastman Kodak ScholarshipâÂÂbecoming the youngest recipient in the programâÂÂs historyâÂÂand also received a university Merit Scholarship.
Jones began his career directing music videos for major recording artists. He earned a nomination for Video Director of the Year at the BET Awards, and his video for "Right Round" by Flo Rida featuring Kesha was nominated for Best Hip-Hop Video at the MTV Video Music Awards.
His music-video credits include collaborations with Flo Rida, Avril Lavigne, Swizz Beatz, T-Pain, Chris Brown, Lil Mama, Mario, Vanessa Hudgens, Nas, Clipse, and Fat Joe. Jones has also directed commercial campaigns for HBO, BET, and CMTâÂÂincluding work with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
Jones made his feature directorial debut with Secrets of the Magic City, starring Jenifer Lewis, Jamie Hector, and Keith David. The film screened at several international festivals, including the American Black Film Festival, Urbanworld Film Festival, Champs-ÃÂlysées Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival, and BronzeLens Film Festival. It garnered multiple awards, such as BronzeLensâ Best Actress and Best Actor honors and PAFFâÂÂs Capital Partners Award. The film later premiered on BET and was distributed by EOne Entertainment.
In television, Jones served as a writer on the animated series Young Love, based on Matthew A. CherryâÂÂs Academy AwardâÂÂwinning short film Hair Love. The series premiered on HBO Max.
Jones recently directed the feature film Fabricated, starring Novi Brown, Kearia Schroeder, Lil Mama, Travis Cure, and MC Lyte.
University of Miami, Bachelor of Science in Communications, Miami, Florida Double Major Film and English (Creative Writing) Kermit & Mickey Schafer Scholarship winner for outstanding academics George Washington University