Occupation – Entertainment – Film Director
Thérèse Sita-Bella (1933-2006)
Thérèse Sita-Bella, born Thérèse Bella Mbida in 1933, was a Cameroonian film director who is widely acknowledged as the first...
Sanaa Lathan (1971- )
Sanaa McCoy Lathan is an actress best known for her early roles in 1990’s television shows such as In The House and...
Sarah Maldoror (1929-2020)
Négritude cinema director, activist, feminist Sarah Maldoror was born Sarah Ducados on July 19, 1929, in Condom, France, of emigrant...
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (1971- )
Musician, songwriter, disc jockey, music journalist, film director, and drummer Ahmir Thompson, known as “Questlove,” was born January 20, 1971,...
Tyler Perry (1969- )
Tyler Perry is a world-renowned actor, director, producer, writer, and philanthropist. Born Emmitt Perry, Jr. on September 13, 1969 to...
Ernest Roscoe Dickerson (1951- )
Ernest Roscoe Dickerson is an American director, cinematographer, and screenwriter. Most notably, he directed Juice (1992), which he co-wrote along...
Fred Williamson (1938- )
Fred “The Hammer” Williamson is an African American actor-director-writer-producer who built and sustained a long career as a black action...
Bill Duke (1943- )
Film director and actor (William) Bill Duke was born on February 26, 1943 in Poughkeepsie, New York to Ethel Douglas Duke and William Duke Sr....
Melvin Van Peebles (1932-2021)
Actor and director Melvin Van Peebles was born on August 21, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois to parents Edwin Griffin and Marion Peebles. He grew...
