two-time nba mvp Stephen Curry Adding award-winning director to his resume.
“The Baddest Speechwriter of All,” the short film Currie directed with Canadian filmmaker Ben Proudfoot, won the short film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival on Tuesday night.
“Stephen and I are jumping with joy [him a lot higher than I] With this extraordinary recognition,” Proudfoot said, according to deadline.
Produced by Proudfoot’s Breakwater Studios, Curry and Unanimous Media, “The Baddest Speechwriter of All” stars attorney and consultant Clarence B. Tells the story of Dr. Jones, who was a major speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It dives into Jones’ personal reflection on making history and gives an inside perspective of the civil rights movement.
Congratulations to the Short Film Grand Jury Award Recipient
Presented by @KetelOne pic.twitter.com/zWWCZVZLvH– Sundance Film Festival (@sundancefest) 28 January 2026
Proudfoot, who has previously worked with Curry, said that Golden State Warriors The guard has allowed him to become a better filmmaker.
“On a personal note, to share creative duties with one of the greatest living athletes and the fairest Stephen [a] A really nice guy gave me the opportunity to grow as a filmmaker and be a part of telling a story that I probably never would have learned about unless Stephen called me,” Proudfoot said.
Curry and Proudfoot also worked together on “”.queen of basketball,” a 2022 Oscar-winning short film about Lucia Harris, who made the first basket in Olympic women’s basketball history and was the first woman to be officially drafted by an NBA team. Curry and Shaquille O’Neal served as executive producers, and Proudfoot was the director.
Curry was not in attendance at the Sundance Film Festival, which is taking place in Park City, Utah. According to Deadline, Proudfoot and Curry plan to celebrate the award after the Warriors’ Wednesday night game utah jazz.
Curry is averaging 27.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and five assists this season.
