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Vanessa Middleton is an American film and television producer and writer, as well as a film director. [1] Middleton has worked as a writer on shows like Cosby, Girlfriends, and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper. In 2001, Middleton made her feature film directorial debut with the romantic comedy 30 Years to Life, starring Tracy Morgan, Paula Jai Parker ...
Vanessa Middleton is an American film and television producer and writer, as well as a film director. Middleton has worked as a writer on shows like Cosby, Girlfriends, and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper. In 2001, Middleton made her feature film directorial debut with the romantic comedy 30 Years to Life, starring Tracy Morgan, Paula Jai Parker, and ...
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Writer, director, and producer, the multitalented Middleton wrote for The Apollo Comedy Hour, Saturday Night Live, and Cosby before breaking through with her directorial film debut in the comedy 30 Years to Life in 2001. Among other projects, the Emmy-and-Sundance-nominated Middleton is currently a creator, showrunner, and executive producer on the...
A primetime Emmy-award recipient and one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2018, Waithe is an actor, screenwriter, and producer. With acting credits in the HBO series Westworldand the Steven Spielberg film Ready Player One, Waithe leaped to prominence as the creator of three hit shows: Showtime’s The Chi, about life in a south-side ...
Also known by his stage name Childish Gambino, this writer, comedian, rapper, singer, and director paved new ground with the FX sitcom Atlanta, which follows the exploits of music manager “Earn” Marks and rapper Paper Boi as they try to make their way to the top of the Atlanta rap scene. In the words of TVLine, this “wildly imaginative Emmy-winning...
No discussion of Black directors would be complete without mentioning Matthew Cherry. The former professional football player broke a Kickstarter record for most money raised for his animated short film, Hair Love, which went on to win an Academy Award. Cherry then developed an animated sequel series Young Love, which was picked up by HBO Max. Amon...
Black History Month didn’t happen overnight—it was the result of decades of effort by thousands of activists and allies. In the same way, the successes of the Black directors, writers, and actors mentioned above were also made possible by years of work overcoming racial barriers, prejudices, and stereotypes that kept people of color out of prominen...
Vanessa Middleton is the lead writer for the television series “ Games People Play ,” a show on BET that centers around a professional basketball player, an ambitious reporter and other...
Apr 5, 2002 · Vanessa Middleton is one of these directors. After years of writing for television shows such as the Cosby Show, she has her first film, 30 YEARS TO LIFE, coming to the big screen. The film has won numerous awards throughout the festival circuit and hopes to capture the same reception with the public.
Apr 5, 2002 · Directed by Vanessa Middleton. R, 93 minutes. Vanessa Middleton's independent comedy ''30 Years to Life'' begins with a birthday party for Natalie (Melissa De Sousa), a pretty and...
