Neema Barnette

Neema Barnette is an American film director, and the first African-American woman sitcom director. Barnette was the first African-American woman to get a three-picture deal with Sony.In 1990, she founded Harlem Girl Productions Corporation. Since 1997, Barnette has also worked for the Harlem Lite Production. Her work includes a mixture of film and television sitcoms, such as A Different World, The Cosby Show, Gilmore Girls, and 7th Heaven.Barnette has directed eight television films and two feature films. Her films include Civil Brand and Spirit Lost. She has won numerous awards, honors, and nominations, among them an Emmy Award for her afterschool special To Be a Man, two NAACP Image Awards, and a Sundance Film Festival Award.REDIRECT Template:Unreliable source?This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. For more information follow the category link.↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑

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Birth dateDecember 14, 1949
Birth place
Manhattan

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