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Neema Barnette

Neema Barnette

Director, Producer

Born December 14, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA

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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. Barnette also serves as executive producer for Black History Mini Docs, a series of videos that are ninety seconds or less featuring the stories of notable African-Americans throughout history. Her work primarily focuses on challenging the stereotypes of Black people that are depicted in entertainment.

In 1990, she founded Harlem Girl Productions. She is an active American Film Institute alumni and was selected as one of ten artists to judge its 2002 Best Film Awards. Additionally, she is part of the Directors Guild of America's African American Steering Committee, a member of the Black Filmmakers Foundation, and serves as an annual judge for the Pan African Film Festival. She occasionally teaches various film courses, both virtually and at universities in California. Together with her husband, Barnette also owns Reel Rebel Productions and runs Live Theatre Gang, a theater and performance company for young adults.

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Filmography

Actor

4

Type

Year

Kimmie's Kitchen Poster

Kimmie's Kitchen TV Series2013Self

Sisters in Cinema Documentary2003Self

Inside TV Land Poster

Inside TV Land TV Series2000Self

Working in the Theatre Poster

Working in the Theatre TV Series1976Self

Director

52

Type

Year

Naomi TV Series2022

Reasonable Doubt Poster

Reasonable Doubt TV Series2022

Harlem TV Series2021

The Equalizer Poster

The Equalizer TV Series2021

Paradise Lost Poster

Paradise Lost TV Series2020

All Rise Poster

All Rise TV Series2019

Ambitions Poster

Ambitions TV Series2019

Raising Dion Poster

Raising Dion TV Series2019

Black Lightning Poster

Black Lightning TV Series2018

Love Is_ Poster

Love Is_ TV Series2018

The Good Cop Poster

The Good Cop TV Series2018

Genius TV Series2017

Midnight, Texas Poster

Midnight, Texas TV Series2017

The Breaks Poster

The Breaks TV Series2017

Luke Cage Poster

Luke Cage TV Series2016

Queen Sugar Poster

Queen Sugar TV Series2016

Blindspot Poster

Blindspot TV Series2015

Bosch TV Series2014

Jane the Virgin Poster

Jane the Virgin TV Series2014

Being Mary Jane Poster

Being Mary Jane TV Series2013

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day Poster

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day Feature Film2012

Heaven Ain't Hard to Find Poster

Heaven Ain't Hard to Find Feature Film2010

Super Sweet 16: The Movie Poster

Super Sweet 16: The Movie TV Movie2007

All You've Got Poster

All You've Got TV Movie2006

Miracle's Boys Poster

Miracle's Boys Mini-Series2005

Civil Brand Feature Film2002

Gilmore Girls Poster

Gilmore Girls TV Series2000

The PJs TV Series1999

Close to Danger Poster

Close to Danger TV Movie1997

7th Heaven Poster

7th Heaven TV Series1996

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story Poster

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story TV Movie1996

Spirit Lost Poster

Spirit Lost Feature Film1996

Deadly Games Poster

Deadly Games TV Series1995

Sin & Redemption Poster

Sin & Redemption TV Movie1994

The Cosby Mysteries Poster

The Cosby Mysteries TV Series1994

Better Off Dead Poster

Better Off Dead TV Movie1993

Diagnosis Murder Poster

Diagnosis Murder TV Series1993

Scattered Dreams Poster

Scattered Dreams TV Movie1993

The Sinbad Show Poster

The Sinbad Show TV Series1993

The Royal Family Poster

The Royal Family TV Series1991

The Robert Guillaume Show Poster

The Robert Guillaume Show TV Series1989

China Beach Poster

China Beach TV Series1988

A Different World Poster

A Different World TV Series1987

Frank's Place Poster

Frank's Place TV Series1987

Hooperman Poster

Hooperman TV Series1987

Sky Captain Poster

Sky Captain Feature Film1985

What's Happening Now! Poster

What's Happening Now! TV Series1985

CBS Schoolbreak Special Poster

CBS Schoolbreak Special TV Series1984

The Cosby Show Poster

The Cosby Show TV Series1984

American Playhouse Poster

American Playhouse TV Series1982

It's a Living Poster

It's a Living TV Series1980

NBC Special Treat Poster

NBC Special Treat TV Series1975

Producer

5

Type

Year

King of Stage: The Woodie King Jr. Story Poster

King of Stage: The Woodie King Jr. Story Documentary2018

Queen Sugar Poster

Queen Sugar TV Series2016

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day Poster

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day Feature Film2012

Cuttin Da Mustard Poster

Cuttin Da Mustard Feature Film2008

Civil Brand Feature Film2002

Thanks

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Type

Year

King of Stage: The Woodie King Jr. Story Poster

King of Stage: The Woodie King Jr. Story Documentary2018

John & Johanna Poster

John & Johanna Short Film2014

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