---
name: "Malcolm Washington"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/malcolm-washington"
fi1m_id: "malcolm-washington"
imdb_id: "nm7172168"
tmdb_id: 2092069
wikidata_id: "Q124164984"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "10 April 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:45:02.563884+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Malcolm Washington

## Identity

Malcolm Washington

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/malcolm-washington
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** malcolm-washington
- **IMDb ID:** nm7172168
- **TMDB ID:** 2092069
- **Wikidata ID:** Q124164984
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Washington, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124164984, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7172168/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2092069

Director. Born 10 April 1991 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 10 April 1991, Los Angeles, California, U.S
- **Also known as:** Малкольм Вашингтон
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Washington, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124164984, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7172168/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2092069

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Piano Lesson*](https://film.one/film/the-piano-lesson.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Malcolm Washington is an American film director and screenwriter. He made his feature directorial debut with *The Piano Lesson* (2024), which he also co-wrote with Virgil Williams. The film is an adaptation of August Wilson's play and stars his brother John David Washington.

Washington trained at the American Film Institute Conservatory, graduating in 2016. His earlier work includes the short film *Benny Got Shot*. *The Piano Lesson* premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and earned him Breakthrough Director awards at the Montclair and Hamptons film festivals.

The project was a family collaboration: his father Denzel Washington produced the film, his sister Katia Washington served as an executive producer, and his brother John David Washington starred in it.

*Sources: afi.com, latimes.com, variety.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Piano Lesson* (2024), Fi1m 65, Screenplay, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-lesson.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Piano Lesson* (2024), Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-lesson.md)
- *North Hollywood* (2021), Producer
- *The Dispute* (2019), Producer
- *Illegal Civilization - "Summer of '17"- Episode 1* (2017), Producer
- *Illegal Civilization - "Summer of'17"- Episode 2* (2017), Producer
- *Benny Got Shot* (2017), Director, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Malcolm Washington](https://film.one/media/person/10452/gallery-2bc0bfcee22e.jpg) Malcolm Washington — Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Malcolm_Washington_NEG_0281.jpg/1280px-Malcolm_Washington_NEG_0281.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Malcolm Washington at Montclair Film Festival 2024 Photo by: Neil Grabowsky](https://film.one/media/person/10452/gallery-dc6e1bb0baca.jpg) Malcolm Washington at Montclair Film Festival 2024 Photo by: Neil Grabowsky — Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Malcolm_Washington_NEG_0281_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Malcolm_Washington_NEG_0281_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Malcolm Washington, director, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Piano Lesson.](https://film.one/media/person/10452/gallery-b8cb1f3b7f92.jpg) Malcolm Washington, director, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Piano Lesson. — Adam Chitayat, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Malcolm_Washington_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_2.jpg/1280px-Malcolm_Washington_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Malcolm Washington, director, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Piano Lesson.](https://film.one/media/person/10452/gallery-8fc99ec6a472.jpg) Malcolm Washington, director, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Piano Lesson. — Adam Chitayat, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Malcolm_Washington_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_3.jpg/1280px-Malcolm_Washington_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Malcolm Washington, director, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Piano Lesson.](https://film.one/media/person/10452/gallery-a735fd50bb5d.jpg) Malcolm Washington, director, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Piano Lesson. — Adam Chitayat, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Malcolm_Washington_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_4.jpg/1280px-Malcolm_Washington_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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