BET+ Nabs 'Birth of Cool' From Macro and Lena Waithe's Hillman Grad Tommaso Boddi/FilmMagic The dramedy was created by writer-director Juel Taylor and his 'They Cloned Tyrone' co-writer Tony Rettenmaier. BET is adding a third original series from Lena Waithe's prolific Hillman Grad Productions, its first just for streaming platform BET+. Birth of Cool, a half-hour dramedy, is a partnership between Charles D. King's Macro Television Studios, Endeavor Studios and Hillman Grad and was created by writer-director Juel Taylor and scribe Tony Rettenmaier. The pair most recently collaborated on They Cloned Tyrone, the upcoming Macro sci-fi comedy feature starring John Boyega, Jamie Foxx and Teyonah Parris.