Neema Barnette
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1949-12-14 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
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Neema Barnette
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. 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 nota...
Acting
2003
as Self
Production
2003
as Director
2006
as Director
1985
as Director
2012
as Director
2012
as Producer
1997
as Director
1996
as Director
2010
as Director
1994
as Director
1997
as Director
1993
as Director
1990
as Director
1992
1992
as Director
1993
as Director
1994
as Director
2007
as Director
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