Hanelle Culpepper Archives

Star Trek: Picard: Hanelle Culpepper on Working with Patrick Stewart (Image: ViacomCBS)
Hanelle Culpepper is cognizant of the long way she's come as a director appreciating all the accolades that come her way including her recent nomination for the NAACP Image Award for her work on Star Trek: Picard, earning a distinction of being the first Black director and first female director to launch a Star Trek[...]
Star Trek: Picard: Hanelle Culpepper on Working with Patrick Stewart (Image: ViacomCBS)
When it comes to setting the tone for Star Trek: Picard, Hanelle Culpepper was probably under tremendous pressure since she never directed a pilot She spoke with Variety about working on the first few episodes of the series, working with star Patrick Stewart and joining the inaugural class of the ReFrame Rise program Early on,[...]
kung fu
Kim and Martin Gero's reimagining of '70s cult actioner Kung Fu has signed high-profile director Hanelle Culpepper (Star Trek: Picard, Mayans MC) to direct and co-executive produce the CW pilot Jon Prasida (Hiding), Shannon Dang (The L Word), Eddie Liu (Silicon Valley), Tzi Ma (The Man In the High Castle), Kheng Hua Tan (Crazy Rich[...]
Hanelle Culpepper to Direct 'Picard' Pilot for CBS All Access 'Star Trek'
CulpepperPhoto by Mitch Haaseth/ABC Hanelle Culpepper will be the first female director on a Trek pilot, and no, she's not a stranger to the franchise Culpepper directed an episode in season 1 of CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery, and has a second episode in season 2 She'll also be directing episode 2 of the still-untitled Picard[...]