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Neema Barnette

Neema Barnette

DirectorProducerActorWriter Dec 14 (age 76) New York City, New York, USA 1984–2022 (38 year career)
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Biography

Neema Barnette (born December 14, 1949) is an American film director. She was the first African-American woman to direct a primetime sitcom and also the first African-American woman to get a three-picture deal with Sony. Barnette has won several awards, including a Peabody Award, an Emmy Award, a Sundance Film Festival Award, the Sojourner Truth Award at Cannes, and two NAACP Image Awards. She has directed over fifty hours of network television, ten made-for-TV movies, and four feature films. Ba…

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