Salim Akil is a television director and writer known for his work on popular black television shows.

Akil started as a staff writer for Showtime's award-winning "Soulfood" and quickly worked his way up to series Executive Producer, on top of directing and writing several episodes.

He has worked as a Director on several other episodic TV series, including UPN's "Girlfriends" CW's/BET's "The Game" and BET's "Being Mary Jane."

Recently, he developed a television series based on DC Comics' "Black Lightning" along with his wife and frequent collaborator Mara Brock Akil.

Akil has also forayed into film. He wrote and co-produced the film Drylongso (1999) which was featured at the Sundance Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival. Additionally, he directed the feature film Sparkle (2012), a Sony Pictures remake of the 1974 musical of the same name.

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