Born in 1979 in Norfolk, Virginia, Nate Parker is an American actor, director and producer. He played a number of roles in several films, earning numerous awards for acting, before he wrote, produced, directed and starred in The Birth of a Nation (2016). The film was screened at a number of film festivals, winning the Audience Award for Dramatic Film at the Sundance Film Festival, as well as the Breakthrough Director of the Year prize at CinemaCon, USA. His latest feature film American Skin (2019) was screened at the 76th Venice Film Festival.