NEEMA BARNETTE is the first African-American sticom director and she has directed numerous sitcoms.
Barnette has joined forces with Ava Duvernay on her new show Queen Sugar which brags an all female directing slate. She graduated with a BA from the City College of New York and an MFA from NYU Tisch School o f the Arts.
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):
Queen Sugar (TV Series) (1 episode) (pre-production)
2005Miracle’s Boys (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)
2003Gilmore Girls (TV Series) (1 episode)
2000The PJs (TV Series) (1 episode)
1994-1998Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) (2 episodes)
19987th Heaven (TV Series) (1 episode)
1996Deadly Games (TV Series) (1 episode)
1993The Sinbad Show (TV Series) (1 episode)
1992CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series) (1 episode)
1991The Royal Family (TV Series) (1 episode)
1989-1991The Cosby Show (TV Series) (6 episodes)
1990-1991A Different World (TV Series) (7 episodes)
1990American Playhouse (TV Series) (1 episode)
1990China Beach (TV Series) (1 episode)
1989The Robert Guillaume Show (TV Series) (1 episode)
1988-1989It’s a Living (TV Series) (3 episodes)
1989Hooperman (TV Series) (1 episode)
1987Frank’s Place (TV Series) (2 episodes)
1986What’s Happening Now! (TV Series) (1 episode)
1984NBC Special Treat (TV Series) (1 episode)