Given the question: - years active is 1993 -- present - notable works is '' 12 years a slave '' - caption is john . ridley at the stockholm film festival in 2013 - birth name is john ridley iv - parents is john ridley iii - children is 2 - birth date is october 1965 - occupation is screenwriter film director novelist television writer television director - image is john ridley in nov 2013.jpg - birth place is milwaukee , wisconsin us - alma mater is new york university Given the details above, guess who could this information be about.
The answer is:
john ridley