Drummer, DJ, producer and filmmaker
Questlove
NĂ©(e) le 1971-01-20
Philadelphia doo-wop kid who started drumming at two, co-founded The Roots at 16, and never stopped collecting. He turned late-night TV into a vinyl classroom, directed the Oscar-winning Summer of Soul, and still DJs like the analog world never ended.
RĂ©alisations
Academy Award and BAFTA for Summer of Soul, six Grammy Awards with The Roots, house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since 2014, 200,000-record collection, eight books, NYU adjunct professor.
Anniversaire: January 20 birthday
SuccÚs récents
- 2022-03-27 · Oscar for Summer of Soul. Won Best Documentary Feature at the 94th Academy Awards for his directorial debut.
- 2023-01-01 · Podcast awards. Questlove Supreme won Best Music Podcast at the iHeart Podcast Awards and Podcast of the Year at Adweek's Audio Awards.
Pertes
- 2011-07-23 · Planned collaboration ended. Had been planning a project with Amy Winehouse before her death.
Moments heureux
- 2021-01-31 · Sundance wins. Summer of Soul won both the US Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for documentary at Sundance.
- 2009-03-02 · Late Night house band. The Roots became the house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, later moving to The Tonight Show.
