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Neema Barnette

Director • Born 1949

Neema Barnette

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About

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...

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Gilmore Girls posterGilmore GirlsSeries • 2000Diagnosis: Murder posterDiagnosis: MurderSeries • 1993Bosch posterBoschSeries • 2015American Playhouse posterAmerican PlayhouseSeries • 1982Blindspot posterBlindspotSeries • 2015Jane the Virgin posterJane the VirginSeries • 2014The Cosby Show posterThe Cosby ShowSeries • 1984The Equalizer posterThe EqualizerSeries • 2021Black Lightning posterBlack LightningSeries • 2018All Rise posterAll RiseSeries • 20197th Heaven poster7th HeavenSeries • 1996Marvel's Luke Cage posterMarvel's Luke CageSeries • 2016Midnight, Texas posterMidnight, TexasSeries • 2017The PJs posterThe PJsSeries • 1999Harlem posterHarlemSeries • 2021Raising Dion posterRaising DionSeries • 2019Queen Sugar posterQueen SugarSeries • 2016Naomi posterNaomiSeries • 2022Grand Crew posterGrand CrewSeries • 2021The Good Cop posterThe Good CopSeries • 2018Paradise Lost posterParadise LostSeries • 2020Civil Brand posterCivil BrandMovie • 2002All You've Got posterAll You've GotMovie • 2006