Since the late 1960’s, Pemon Rami has been involved in the development of television, films, music concerts, documentaries, plays and multimedia productions.
The first African American film casting director in Chicago, Rami provided talent for the classic feature films and television movies; "Blues Brothers", Mahogany", “ Cooley High”, “The Spook Who Sat By The Door”, and “Uptown Saturday Night”. Pemon produced the feature film “Of Boys and Men” released by Warner Brothers starring: Angela Bassett and Robert Townsend.
Pemon recently produced the feature film “93 Days” shot in Nigeria starring Danny Glover and Nigerian actress Bimbo Akintola for which, he was nominated for an African Academy Award and the African People’s choice award.
Mr. Rami was selected as a member of the distinguished panel entitled "Table of Brotherhood Tour", sponsored by Chevrolet and the GM Foundation in preparation of the unveiling of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C.
The former Director of Education and Public programs for the DuSable Museum, Mr. Rami coordinated the Interdisciplinary African and African American Studies Professional Development training for Chicago Public School as well as the Illinois Amistad Commission curriculum for the Illinois State Board of Education.
Pemon served as a 2012/2013 Illinois Humanities Council Road Scholar and was selected one of the Chicago Defender Newspaper’s 50 men of excellence as well as to the Wendell Phillips High School Hall of Fame!
In 2019, Mr. Rami was selected for inclusion in the HistoryMakers Digital Archive, housed at the Library of Congress.
Rami has also been recognized with awards from numerous organizations including: American Advertising Federation, International Television Association, the Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP (Best Theatre Director Award), Proclamation from the Los Angeles City Council, Key to the City of Detroit, the Life Time Achievement Award from the Chicago African American Arts Alliance and the Deloris Jordan Award for Excellence in Community Leadership from the Black Harvest Film Festival in 2018.
