Jiles King II is an accomplished theater, television and film director and producer. He is the publisher of the quarterly Urban Arts Magazine and founder of DFWBlackArts.com and Urban Arts Collective. With Urban Arts, he created and executive produces the annual Irma P. Hall Black Theatre Awards and UnityFest Dallas, a free 2 day community empowerment event. A few of his favorite directing credits include An Oak Cliff Carol (Urban Arts Center), First Noel (Jubilee Theatre), Black Nativity (Bishop Arts Theatre Center), Once of This Island (Skyline HS) and Stage Black:A Festival of New Plays (7th Stage Productions). Jiles moved back to Dallas in 2014 from New York City to serve as the first Chief Executive Director for The Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) in Dallas, TX. He received his undergraduate degree from Morehouse College and an MFA from Columbia University in Theater Producing and Management. While in New York he worked on Broadway with Disney Theatrical Group and produced numerous theatrical plays and festivals.
