Biography
4/24/2025 Currently LaMont is a big comedic talent and it's not because of his 6'4" frame. Originally from Philadelphia, LaMont has been a professional writer for over twenty years and has written and produced over a dozen TV shows. Some of the shows he has written for include BET's "Nothin' But a Women," the WB's "The Parent'Hood" and UPN's "Moesha." He won The Media Projects 2000 Shine Award for a Moesha episode he wrote for the sitcom.
LaMont has sold the pilots, "Old School" to the Fox Network and "The Trouble with Girls" to the UPN Network. After working as a writer/producer for UPN's hit show, "Girlfriends," Lamont has ventured into the motion picture arena. He was one of the writers hired to re-write the movie, "The Cookout," starring Queen Latifah and is shopping the feature film, Family Business, a film based on the true story of his family's restaurant business in Philadelphia. LaMont has formed his own production company, Just Jokes Entertainment, and produced and directed three volumes of his own stand-up comedy DVD series. LaMont Ferrell's Just Jokes Comedy Tour features himself, several nationally known comedians and hilarious skits. He also has worked as on Nick Cannon's Short Circuitz sketch comedy show for MTV and was one of the writers hired by Tyler Perry to help write over one hundred and fifty episodes of The House of Payne. LaMont has also written for Are We There Yet for TBS, Reed Between the Lines on BET and Let's Stay Together for the network. His pilot, Big Shot, which was executive produced by Oscar Award winner Jamie Foxx and former NBA player Kenny Smith, was purchased by TBS. Additionally, his original pilot, You're Joking, Right? won Outstanding Comedy Series at the LA Webfest.
As an actor, you've might have seen him in his recurring role on the hit NBC show, The Office. Recently, LaMont has also written and produced the hit family sitcom, Mann & Wife starring real life husband and wife gospel duo David and Tamela Mann. He is also executive producing and directing the documentary, The Wise Old Owl, about the outspoken Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, John Chaney. In 2010 LaMont also launched his master writing class for aspiring sitcom writers. His very popular LaMont Ferrell's Sitcom 101 Writing Class has been taken by hundreds of students from across the country and around the world. LaMont also was the head writer and show runner for the sitcom, Last Call, which aired thirteen episodes on Bounce TV. Most recently he was an instructor for the Sundance Collab Institute and named a professor at the #1 film school in the country University of Southern California (USC) teaching screenwriting in the School of Cinematic Arts. He just finished shooting the TV pilot, Bru's, that he wrote starring comedian Bruce Bruce and directed another TV pilot, Nick's House. He recently penned the Foreword for the book, The Nile Swim Club of Yeadon, about the first Black owned swim club in America. LaMont is currently writing the screenplay about this amazing story. Stay tuned.
