Troy Yvette Beyer
1. Troy Yvette Beyer was born on November 7, 1964 to an African American Muslim mother and a white Jewish father in New York, New York. Beyer began her acting career with a role on the children's program Sesame Street at the age of four years old. She later attended City University of New York's School of the Arts studying acting and psychobiology. She then landed a bit part in Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club in 1984. She would then move to Los Angeles, where she became a regular on the ABC Prime-time soap opera Dynasty in 1986. Beyer went on to earn ShoWest's Newcomer of the year Award for leading role in the feature Roof Tops in 1989. Beyer is known as an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She also has a very large supportive family that is made up of two paternal half brothers Jerry and Ryan Beyer and four Maternal half brothers Gregory, Mahmoud, Muhammad, and Jibreel and three Maternal half sisters April, Bahiyyah, and Imani. Beyer is married to Mark Burg and is currently still producing films today.
2. Troy Yvette Beyer has acted in features such as Weekend at Bernie's II (1993), Eddie (1996), The Gingerbread Man (1998) and John Q (2002). In 1997 She put her skills to use, making her screenwriting debut with B*A*P*S, which starred Halle Berry. In the next year she directed her next screenplay, Let's Talk About Sex .(1998). She also made a trailer and took it to the Sundance Film Festival where she would hand it out to executives. The film was quickly picked up by a prominent distributor. She next wrote and directed Love Dont Cost A Thing (2003). It's important to keep in mind that Beyer was romatically linked to musician Prince in the 1990's and appeared in the video for his song "Sexy MF".
Here's a link for Let's Talk About Sex Trailer The Film is about what women really want in a relationship.
3. I have personally watched Weekend at Bernie's II, which is very funny. I enjoyed the movie and I would watch it again. I have also seen Eddie, which starred Whoopi Goldberg. This film is also a comedy and I would watch is again. She plays key roles with Goldberg, which helps her gain fame. I have not seen Gingerbread Man, therefore no personal take on it. My favorite screenplay that Beyer is director of and acts in is Let's Talk About Sex. The film is very telling about what women really want in relationships and pushes the limits. The film is very modern and realistic. I like how she took real interviews and made them part of the production. Like I mentioned earlier she took Let's Talk About Sex to the Sundance Film Festival where she quickly gained recongization.
4. I found Troy Yvetter Beyer on the Filmmaker's list on the Sister In Cinema website that is listed on the right hand side of this page. She was listed with many others who have made themselves known through their work. Beyer work shows in many, many places. She has been to many film festivales, and her films are in local public places like Blockbuster, Hollywood video etc. You can view clips/trailers on any major hollywood film site. She is a very well known name for the works she has acted in and produced.
5. I found it very easy to find these women and especially Troy Beyer. She is very talented and known for the works she puts out. She pushes the boundries about women's sexuality in her pieces and talks about romance a lot. She uses sexuality to sell and it really works in her films. Sundance has her in their timeline for recongization for Love Don't Cost A Thing, and Let's Talk About Sex.
Biography information found on Wikipedia.com
Film information on SundanceFilmFestival.com