---
name: "Tanya Hamilton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tanya-hamilton"
fi1m_id: "tanya-hamilton"
imdb_id: "nm0358184"
tmdb_id: 141172
wikidata_id: "Q7684004"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-01T00:30:27.961272+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."
---

# Tanya Hamilton

## Identity

Tanya Hamilton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tanya-hamilton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tanya-hamilton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0358184
- **TMDB ID:** 141172
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7684004
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Hamilton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7684004, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358184/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/141172

Director and producer. Born 1 January 1901 in Spanish Town, Jamaica.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Spanish Town, Jamaica
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Ernest Dickerson](https://film.one/person/ernest-r-dickerson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 71 (1), 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 74 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Hamilton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7684004, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358184/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/141172

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Deuce*](https://film.one/tv/the-deuce.md) (84), [*Get Millie Black*](https://film.one/tv/get-millie-black.md) (75), [*The Vampire Diaries*](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md) (71)
- **Apple TV:** [*Dope Thief*](https://film.one/tv/dope-thief.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Tanya Hamilton is an American film and television director and producer. She was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, and moved to the United States at the age of eight, settling in Maryland. She trained at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, and Columbia University.

Hamilton's early work includes the short film *The Killers* (1995). Her feature debut *Night Catches Us* (2010), which she also wrote, centres on former Black Panthers in 1970s Philadelphia and earned her a Black Reel Award nomination for best director. She has since directed episodes of numerous series, including *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), *Queen Sugar* (2016), *The Deuce* (2017), *Snowfall* (2017), *Black Lightning* (2018), *Seven Seconds* (2018), *Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty* (2022), *Get Millie Black* (2024), *Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist* (2024), *Boots* (2025) and *Dope Thief* (2025), on which she also serves as an executive producer.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Dope Thief* (2025), Fi1m 74, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/dope-thief.md)
- *Get Millie Black* (2024), Fi1m 75, Co-Executive Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/get-millie-black.md)
- *The Deuce* (2017), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-deuce.md)
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), Fi1m 71, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Boots* (2025), series, Director
- *Dope Thief* (2025), series, Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dope-thief.md)
- *Get Millie Black* (2024), series, Co-Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/get-millie-black.md)
- *Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist* (2024), series, Director
- *Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty* (2022), series, Director
- *Cherish the Day* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *Love Is___* (2018), series, Director
- *Seven Seconds* (2018), series, Director
- *Black Lightning* (2018), series, Director
- *The Deuce* (2017), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-deuce.md)
- *Snowfall* (2017), series, Director
- *Queen Sugar* (2016), series, Director
- *Greenleaf* (2016), series, Director
- *Scream: The TV Series* (2015), series, Director
- *American Crime* (2015), series, Director
- *Night Catches Us* (2010), Director, Writer, Co-Producer
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *The Killers* (1995), Editor, Writer, Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Pew Fellowship in the Arts 2004: Pew Fellowship in the Arts (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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