EDUCATION
Spelman College – BA (English – cum laude) -1972 – Columbia University – MFA (Film Directing-Scholarship&Criticism) – 1974
Spelman College – Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts – 2005
PROFESSIONAL
Film Editor – ABC/WMAL – WASHINGTON, DC. – 1974-1976
Assn’t Professor – Howard University Film Department – (School of Communications) – WASHINGTON, D.C. – 1976-1977
Film Editor – KABC – LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – 1978-1980
Instructor – The New School for Drama – NEW YORK, NEW YORK – 2005-2006
TV/FILM CREDITS
(Television Comedy)
The Righteous Apples PBS
Benson ABC TV
Webster
Charles in Charge
Bustin’ Loose
227 NBC TV
Gimme A Break
Amen NBC TV
Moe’s World; Fox TV (unproduced)
The Cosby Show; NBC
The Wee People Pilot; NBC (animation, unproduced)
(Television Drama)
Little House on the Prairie
Touched By an Angel
The Education of Matt Waters
The Women of Brewster Place
Rectitatif; PBS
Les Femmes Pilot, NBC, (unproduced)
Smoky; NBC pilot (unproduced)
413 Hope Street
South Central
Homeroom; ABC Family, unproduced
Stacy Riley Pilot; ABC Studios, (unproduced)
Any Day Now (Consulting Producer)
Soul Food (Executive Producer/Show Runner
Lincoln Heights (Executive Producer/Show Runner)
(Long Form/Dramatic Television)
The Amistad Incident – PBS (co-written, unproduced)
The Story of Blind Tom – KCET/PBS
Jump at the Sun! – PBS (unproduced)
Heatwave Pt Two – TNT (unproduced)
Heaven -The Story of Harlem – NBC (2 pts) (unproduced)
The Myrtle P. Rumph Story – (Showtime) (unproduced)
A Matter of Truth – (CBS) (unproduced)
The Color of Courage –Studios USA
Why We Sing- BET NET
Swing – TV ONE
Dear Viola – E-One
(Feature Films/Screenplays)
The Best Intentions – Columbia Pictures (unproduced)
Esther – Caravan Films/Disney (unproduced)
Rocking the Babies – Buckheimer Films (unproduced)
Sunset Park – Jersey Films/Tri-Star
The Beautiful Life – Paramount Studios (unproduced)
The A Phillip Randolph Story – Twentieth Century Fox (unproduced)
THEATER CREDITS
(abbreviated)
Oak and Ivy (Crossroads Theater Company, Arena Stage, Howard University, Karamu Theater, Bushfire Theater, etc.)
Jump at the Sun! (Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, LA Theater Works)
Venice (Mark Taper Forum-New Works Festival, Juilliard Repertory, Crossroads Theatre Company, Bushfire Theatre, Pacific Resident Theater
Mothers – commissioned by Bill Cosby (Crossroads Theater, LA Theater Works)
5 Mojo Secrets – Athena Works, Crossroads Theater New Works Festival, Vineyard Playhouse)
The Paw Paw Patch (commissioned by Arena Stage)
The Irresistible Death Club (Ensemble Theater Festival New York, Crossroads Theater Genesis Festival)
Quindaro (commissioned by University of Missouri/Kansas), UMKC Theater
A Shift In Gravity – The Vineyard Playhouse Theater Festival
Me and Mrs. Jones (co-written) The Harold Prince Musical Theater
The Princess of 57th Street, (a musical commissioned by For Colored Girls Productions)