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CRYSTAL McCRARY McGUIRE
Crystal is an award-winning filmmaker, NY Times Best Selling author, producer, entrepreneur, mother of three amazing humans, and wife to Ray McGuire.
Meet
CRYSTAL McCRARY McGUIRE
Crystal is an award-winning filmmaker, NY Times Best Selling author, producer, entrepreneur, mother of three amazing humans, and wife to Ray McGuire.
She began her career practicing entertainment law with the New York City firm Paul Weiss before leaving to pursue a full-time career in writing, producing, and directing.
Since that time, she has published two New York Times Best Selling novels “HOMECOURT ADVANTAGE” and “GOTHAM DIARIES,”
and written the critically acclaimed non-fiction book INSPIRATION: Profiles of Black Women Changing the World. She also produced the independent film DIRTY LAUNDRY. For six seasons, Ms. McCrary served as executive producer for the NAACP Image Award- nominated BET series LEADING WOMEN and LEADING MEN.
LITTLE BALLERS FRANCHISE
Ms. McCrary also created, produced, and directed the Nickelodeon Sports series LITTLE BALLERS and LITTLE BALLERS INDIANA.
LITTLE BALLERS FRANCHISE
Ms. McCrary also created, produced, and directed the Nickelodeon Sports series LITTLE BALLERS and LITTLE BALLERS INDIANA.
Additionally, Ms. McCrary directed five short films on the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. In 2022 she directed a short film about the life and career of Kenneth Frazier, former CEO of Merck. Most recently she co-founded Get To Yes, a full-service production company creating scripted and non-scripted content at the intersection of culture, sports, and the socio-political landscape.
Current Get To Yes projects include documentaries on the Olympian Allyson Felix, “The Drug in Our Pocket,” a docu-series entitled “Tunnel To Runway: The History of Fashion in the NBA.” To commemorate Ariel Investments 40th Anniversary, she directed a documentary on the journey of John W. Rogers Jr. and Mellody Hobson in building the first Black-owned mutual fund firm in the country.
In 2023, Ms. McCrary along with her son Cole Anthony, launched the youth sports app GameUp, a resource for families to find the right basketball team or program for their children.
In 2023, Ms. McCrary along with her son Cole Anthony, launched the youth sports app GameUp, a resource for families to find the right basketball team or program for their children.
Ms. McCrary has appeared on numerous networks from CNN to MSNBC as a cultural, legal, and political pundit as well as co-hosted ABC’s The View. She currently sits on the boards of Film at Lincoln Center, the Paley Center for Media and Life Camp, Inc. Ms. McCrary has received numerous honors
and distinctions including being honored by The Children’s Defense Fund, Precious Dreams Foundation, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, and Urban Tech for her contributions to youth and the arts. She was also named to Crain’s 40 under 40 Young Professionals list.
NEW YORK
Ms. McCrary lives in New York City with her husband, financier Raymond J. McGuire, and their 11-year-old son Leo.
Their two older children, Ella Anthony, is a junior at Harvard College, and their son Cole Anthony plays for the Orlando Magic. Ms. McCrary received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her Juris Doctor from American University and New York University.
NEW YORK
Ms. McCrary lives in New York City with her husband, financier Raymond J. McGuire, and their 11-year-old son Leo.
Their two older children, Ella Anthony, is a junior at Harvard College, and their son Cole Anthony plays for the Orlando Magic. Ms. McCrary received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her Juris Doctor from American University and New York University.