Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is an Academy Award-winning and EMMY-nominated filmmaker, six-time GRAMMY Award-winning musician, DJ, producer, New York Times bestselling author and co-founder of The Roots. He made his directorial debut with the acclaimed Summer of Soul, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, followed by the EMMY-nominated SLY LIVES! and Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music. Most recently, he directed the critically acclaimed Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World), which opened the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival before debuting on HBO. Questlove is also Musical Director for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, co-founder of production company Two One Five Entertainment, and publisher of AUWA Books. In 2025, he received the Peabody Trailblazer Award, and he was named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in 2022.
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