Ali LeRoi

rdf:langString Ali LeRoi

rdf:langString Ali LeRoi

rdf:langString Ali LeRoi

rdf:langString Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

rdf:langString Co-creator of Everybody Hates Chris

rdf:langString Television producer, director, writer, actor

rdf:langString Adrienne LeRoi

rdf:langString Ali LeRoi (born February 12, 1962) is an Emmy-award-winning American television producer, director, writer and actor, best known as the co-creator of Chris Rock's semi-autobiographical period sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, for which LeRoi won the 2008 NAACP Image Award for "Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series." LeRoi met Rock during the set on Rock's eponymous HBO late-night talk show, The Chris Rock Show. LeRoi wrote and directed several episodes of the series, on a team that earned four consecutive Emmy Award nominations (1998-2001) for "Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program," winning that Emmy in 1999. In 2001, the talk show was also nominated for "Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series," citing LeRoi as a Supervising Producer. A native of Chicago, LeRoi attended Robert Lindblom Math & Science Academy. He then studied film at Columbia College Chicago. LeRoi also co-hosted the podcast called "Alias Smith and LeRoi" (2013–15) with comedian Owen H.M. Smith. His debut feature film, The Obituary of Tunde Johnson, premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. LeRoi serves on the Board of Directors of Humanitas, a program of awards for film and television writers.