
Lorenzo Yearby
Acting
Biography
Lorenzo Yearby is an Atlanta-based actor, writer, director, producer. He is the creator of the social media personality Pastor Petty. He has also written, directed, and self produced several short films, and composes his own original film scores. Lorenzo's feature length screenplays can best be described as uplifting feel-good stories, although they cover a variety of genres.
Known For

An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
True Detective

Down deep in the Mississippi Delta, Trap music meets film noir in this kaleidoscopic story of a little-strip-club-that-could and the big characters who come through its doors—the hopeful, the lost, the broken, the ballers, the beautiful, and the damned.
P-Valley

Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.
Atlanta

Suddenly left without his trusted caretaker, Ptolemy Grey is assigned to the care of orphaned teenager Robyn. When they learn about a treatment that will restore Ptolemy’s dementia-addled memories, it begins a journey toward shocking truths.
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

After escaping a Michigan prison, a charming career criminal assumes a new identity in Canada and goes on to rob a record 59 banks and jewellery stores while being hunted by a rogue task force. Based on the true story of The Flying Bandit.
Bandit

The incredibly powerful and timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917. The Houston Riot was a mutiny by 156 African American soldiers in response to the brutal violence and abuse at the hands of Houston police officers.
The 24th

Walk into any classroom today whether it be one of privilege or high risk and you will hear a repeated message of loneliness in the social media age. So ‘where are we leading the next generation?’ And ‘what are we reaching for?'