T.W. Pittman

Editor
Producer
Director

Breathing life to the song of the same name, Sinnerman follows Bronx teenager Freeman Banks in the immediate aftermath of an unforgivable act, as he traverses New York City in a desperate search for sanctuary.

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Sinnerman (2009)

TW Pittman founded Rasquaché Films with Kelly Daniela Norris in 2008. She wrote and co-directed the short film Sinnerman (2009), and produced Ms. Norris' debut feature Sombras de Azul (2013) on location in Cuba. Pittman co-wrote (with Ghanaian filmmaker Isaac Adakudugu) and co-directed (with Ms. Norris) the Ghana-set drama Nakom (2016), which premiered at Berlinale. Nakom had its North American premiere at New Directors / New Films, won the Audience Award for Best Film at the Durban International Film Festival - its African premiere - and was nominated for the John Cassavettes Award at the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards.

A trans woman of color, Pittman was born and raised in San Francisco, CA, and received her B.A. in Film and Political Science from Columbia University.