Industry veteran Roy Campanella II has made it his business to bring African-American themed projects to fruition. As a highly acclaimed award-winning director, writer, and producer, Campanella's work consistently transcends the traditional fare offered in mainstream television and film today.

In a groundbreaking deal, Campanella and his production company, Directors' Circle Filmworks, was chosen to produce ten original telefilms for Black Entertainment Television (BET). Campanella produced the entire slate and directed three of the cable movies: Masquerade, Rendevous, and Playing With Fire. He used this ten picture commitment to create Hollywood's first African American owned and operated full service studio.

Campanella is known for directing some of the most dynamic television of the past decade. His credits include the celebrated 1992 PBS television movie, Brother Future, which earned him awards from the prestigious Directors Guild of America as well as the Columbus International Film Festival. Among Campanella's long list of television directing credits, more than one hundred hours of prime time television, are series such as Beverly Hills 90210, Dr. Quinn - Medicine Woman, I'll Fly Away, Life Goes On, Wiseguy, Frank's Place, Homefront, and two CBS telefilms, Quiet Victory and Body of Evidence.

The namesake of his famous father, the Hall of Fame Brooklyn Dodger, Campanella excelled in school, graduating with honors from Harvard and later earning his MBA from Columbia University on a fellowship from CBS.