Neema Barnette

Director

Born: December 14, 1949 (age 76)
From: New York City, New York, USA

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…

Filmography (15)

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day (2012)
Director
Heaven Ain't Hard to Find
Heaven Ain't Hard to Find (2010)
Director
Super Sweet 16: The Movie (2007)
Director
All You've Got (2006)
Director
Sisters in Cinema
Sisters in Cinema (2003)
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Civil Brand (2002)
Director
Spirit Lost (1997)
Director
Close to Danger (1997)
Director
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story (1996)
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Sin and Redemption (1994)
Director
Scattered Dreams (1993)
Director
Better Off Dead. (1993)
Director
Different Worlds: An Interracial Love Story (1992)
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Zora is My Name! (1990)
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Sky Captain (1985)
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