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- Birth nameMykwain Antoine Gainey
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Mykwain A. Gainey is a filmmaker + photographer from the Bronx, NY. In 2005, Mykwain graduated Morehouse with a B.A. degree in English & Leadership Studies. Soon afterwards, Mykwain interned for the still photographer on "Inside Man," directed by Spike Lee & he is now pursuing his Master of Fine Arts degree in Film Production from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
While at NYU, Mykwain created a variety of projects including profiling hip-hop duo "Kidz in the Hall" to directing a tourism video on nightlife in Madrid for the Madrid Film Commission.
Also an avid photographer, Mykwain has shot for The Economist, VIBE Magazine, UPTOWN Magazine, CRISIS Magazine & fashion designer Wenlan Chia. Most recently, Mykwain photographed musical legends Patti LaBelle, Questlove, Aretha Franklin, & the late Teddy Pendergrass, amongst other notables, for the VH1 Rock doc. "Soul Train: The Hippest Trip In America."
Now fusing his filmmaking & photography experiences, Mykwain is preparing for his thesis film, "Miss Understood," a satire on modern celebrity culture & the obsession with infamy over fame, as portrayed by the lead character, Papri'Ka, an aspiring fashion model.- IMDb Mini Biography By: MG
- Cum laude graduate of Morehouse College with a B.A. degree in English & Leadership Studies.
- Currently attends NYU Film School. (Fall 2005)
- An alumnus of Morehouse College, in Atlanta, Georgia, among such esteemed alums as Martin Luther King Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee and Edwin Moses.
- You've only got one life to live, so spend it doing what you love.
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