Patrice Rushen


Biography

Patrice Rushen worked on a variety of projects during her entertainment career. Rushen's early music was mostly featured in comedies like "Hollywood Shuffle" (1987) with Robert Townsend, the Tom Hanks hit "Big" (1988) and "Without You I'm Nothing" (1990). In the nineties, Rushen devoted her time to various credits, such as "Jack's Place" (ABC, 1991-93), "The 24th Annual NAACP Image Aw...

Biography

Patrice Rushen worked on a variety of projects during her entertainment career. Rushen's early music was mostly featured in comedies like "Hollywood Shuffle" (1987) with Robert Townsend, the Tom Hanks hit "Big" (1988) and "Without You I'm Nothing" (1990). In the nineties, Rushen devoted her time to various credits, such as "Jack's Place" (ABC, 1991-93), "The 24th Annual NAACP Image Awards" (NBC, 1991-92) and "The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards" (Fox, 1991-92). She also worked on the Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith box office smash "Men in Black" (1997). Rushen's music was most recently used in "Clubbed" (2009). Rushen had a number of different projects under her belt in the nineties through the early 2000s, including "Ruby Bridges" (ABC, 1997-98), "The 29th NAACP Image Awards" (Fox, 1997-98) and "The 30th NAACP Image Awards" (Fox, 1998-99). Her credits also expanded to "Soul Men" with Samuel L. Jackson (2008).

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Without You, I'm Nothing (1990)
Performer

Music (Feature Film)

Last Christmas (2019)
Song
Clubbed (2009)
Song
Clubbed (2009)
Song Performer
Soul Men (2008)
Music
Norbit (2007)
Song
Norbit (2007)
Song Performer
For One Night (2006)
Music
The Killing Yard (2002)
Music
Our America (2002)
Music
Just a Dream (2002)
Music
Ruby Bridges (1998)
Music
Men in Black (1997)
Song
America's Dream (1996)
Music
Without You, I'm Nothing (1990)
Music
Dominick And Eugene (1988)
Song Performer
Big (1988)
Song Performer
Big (1988)
Song
Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
Music Arranger
Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
Music

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Without You, I'm Nothing (1990)
Other

Cast (Special)

30th NAACP Image Awards (1999)
Performer
The 26th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1994)
Performer
Comic Relief V (1992)
Playing the Nutroll: Robert Townsend & His Partners in Crime IV (1989)

Music (Special)

The 46th Annual Grammy Awards (2004)
Music Conductor
The 31st Annual NAACP Image Awards (2000)
Music
Cora Unashamed (2000)
Music
The 31st Annual NAACP Image Awards (2000)
Music Arranger
30th NAACP Image Awards (1999)
Music Arranger
30th NAACP Image Awards (1999)
Music
The 29th NAACP Image Awards (1998)
Music Arranger
The 29th NAACP Image Awards (1998)
Music
28th NAACP Image Awards (1997)
Music
The 27th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1996)
Music
River of Steel (1994)
Music
The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993)
Theme Music
The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993)
Music
The 25th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1993)
Music Arranger
The 25th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1993)
Music
Comic Relief V (1992)
Music
The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992)
Music
The 24th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1992)
Music
The 24th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1992)
Music Arranger
The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992)
Theme Music
The 23rd Annual NAACP Image Awards (1991)
Music
1991 Emmy Awards (1991)
Theme Music
1991 Emmy Awards (1991)
Original Music
1991 Emmy Awards (1991)
Music
Playing the Nutroll: Robert Townsend & His Partners in Crime IV (1989)
Music Director
The Meeting (1989)
Music Supervisor
The Mutiny Has Just Begun: Robert Townsend & His Partners in Crime III (1989)
Music Director
Take No Prisoners: Robert Townsend & His Partners in Crime II (1988)
Music Director

Misc. Crew (Special)

1991 Emmy Awards (1991)
Other

Music (TV Mini-Series)

Fire & Ice (2001)
Song Performer
Fire & Ice (2001)
Song

Misc. Crew (TV Mini-Series)

The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Consultant

Life Events

Bibliography