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Dianne Houston

Dianne Houston

Producer, Director, Writer

Born July 22, 1954 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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Born and raised in Washington DC, Houston left home at 16 to pursue experimental theater in New York City. She studied and worked with theater legends such as Liz Swados, Joseph Papp, Joe Chaikin, Peter Brook, La Mama, Woody King, and Ntozake Shange. This varied experience laid the groundwork for her transition into film and television. In 1996, Dianne Houston adapted a forgotten Harlem Renaissance short story into the Academy Award-nominated short film Tuesday Morning Ride, which she both wrote and directed. This nomination made her the first African American woman to be nominated for an Oscar in the Live Action Shorts category. Houston received a 2017 Writers Guild Award nomination for her script Surviving Compton, which also won the 2017 Gracie Award and premiered on Lifetime, where it was the #1 show among adult viewers. Her screenplay for New Line's Take the Lead, starring Antonio Banderas, Alfre Woodard, and Yaya DeCosta, earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination. Recently, Houston directed the cable film Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland and wrote an episode of ABC's miniseries When We Rise with Dustin Lance Black.

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Filmography

Actor

1

Sisters in Cinema Documentary2003Self

Producer

4

Type

Year

Empire TV Series2015

The Education of Max Bickford Poster

The Education of Max Bickford TV Series2001

Tuesday Morning Ride Poster

Tuesday Morning Ride Short Film1995

You Must Remember This Poster

You Must Remember This TV Movie1992

Director

12

Type

Year

Freedom Hair Poster

Freedom Hair Feature Film2024

Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland Poster

Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland TV Movie2017

Empire TV Series2015

Runaway Island Poster

Runaway Island TV Movie2015

Single Ladies Poster

Single Ladies TV Series2011

Presidio Med Poster

Presidio Med TV Series2002

Crossing Jordan Poster

Crossing Jordan TV Series2001

City of Angels Poster

City of Angels TV Series2000

Soul Food Poster

Soul Food TV Series2000

Strong Medicine Poster

Strong Medicine TV Series2000

Tuesday Morning Ride Poster

Tuesday Morning Ride Short Film1995

NYPD Blue Poster

NYPD Blue TV Series1993

Writer

11

Type

Year

Freedom Hair Poster

Freedom Hair Feature Film2024

When We Rise Poster

When We Rise Mini-Series2017

Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le Poster

Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le TV Movie2016

Empire TV Series2015

Take the Lead Poster

Take the Lead Feature Film2006

Knights of the South Bronx Poster

Knights of the South Bronx TV Movie2005

City of Angels Poster

City of Angels TV Series2000

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story Poster

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story TV Movie1996

Tuesday Morning Ride Poster

Tuesday Morning Ride Short Film1995

Override Poster

Override TV Movie1994

Seacole Feature Film

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1

City of Angels Poster

City of Angels TV Series2000

Thanks

1

Why We Laugh: Funny Women Poster

Why We Laugh: Funny Women TV Special2013

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