Torrance Colvin

Torrance Colvin

By 2003, Torrance Colvin had written several screenplays that had met with great fanfare, however, as is typical in Hollywood, the fanfare flamed out.  His screenplays were ambitious undertakings with significant budgets attached and no studio was willing to risk its money on an unproven writer/director.

That didn’t stop Colvin.  He wrote a low budget feature drama, Love Inspirational, that he decided to film himself under the 24k Black Films banner.  And because he didn’t know any better Torrance Colvin decided to produce the feature himself.  With a shoestring budget of $5,000, Colvin and his producing partner, Jimmie Lee Ward, Jr., were a two man band that shot the entirety of the film in six days. 

And because in the early 2000’s Blockbuster Video was still a thriving business, Colvin was able to get distribution through Maverick Entertainment, which at the time distributed a large segment of Black films.  Torrance Colvin was hooked.

Since directing Love Inspirational, each of Torrance Colvin’s productions has revealed its own set of lessons, its own textbook in how to avoid the pitfalls for the next project.  While directing Kadeem Hardison in Sister Switch, he learned the true collaborative nature of filmmaking.  While directing Finola Hughes in the pilot for “New Wall Street”, Colvin learned “how to get out of my own way to allow the talent to shine through.” 

While Colvin has worked with numerous award winners (Emmy’s, Tony’s, etc…) he keeps the same fun-loving spirit that he has had since the beginning.  “The truth is part of being a director is about bringing out the best in others.  Making sure that they bring a character to life.  How could that not be fun?”

24k Black Films’ is next set to begin filming “The Cure”, a female-driven action film written and directed by Torrance Colvin and produced by Jimmie Lee Ward, Jr. 

When a scientist and all of his co-workers are murdered immediately upon discovering a cure for cancer, his daughter, a female intelligence operative, attempts to discover what happened and why. With her life in danger and with the assistance of her former boyfriend she tries to find the killers and decide whether she can trust her former flame.

Torrance Colvin may not be a household name, but he’s enjoying making movies just the same.