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Dianne Houston is a Director and Scriptwriter American born on 22 july 1954 at Washington, D.C. (USA)
Dianne Houston (born July 22, 1954, in Washington, D.C.) is an African-American film director, producer and screenwriter.
She became interested in theater while attending Howard University, and her first plays were produced around 1977. About 1990, she wrote for Brewster Place, a show produced by Harpo Productions. After this, Oprah Winfrey became a supporter and, on occasion, financial backer.
In 1994, she directed the short film Tuesday Morning Ride, which starred Ruby Dee and Bill Cobbs, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1995. She is the only African-American woman to be nominated for directing work.
She has since directed for a variety of TV series, including NYPD Blue and Crossing Jordan, while continuing in film work. As a screenwriter, she worked on Take the Lead among other projects.
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She became interested in theater while attending Howard University, and her first plays were produced around 1977. About 1990, she wrote for Brewster Place, a show produced by Harpo Productions. After this, Oprah Winfrey became a supporter and, on occasion, financial backer.
In 1994, she directed the short film Tuesday Morning Ride, which starred Ruby Dee and Bill Cobbs, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1995. She is the only African-American woman to be nominated for directing work.
She has since directed for a variety of TV series, including NYPD Blue and Crossing Jordan, while continuing in film work. As a screenwriter, she worked on Take the Lead among other projects.
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Filmography of Dianne Houston (5 films)
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, 1h45Directed by Dianne Houston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Téléfilm musical
Actors Chad Coleman, Starletta DuPois, Richard Lawson, Holly Robinson Peete, Isabella Hofmann, Vincent M. Ward
Rating62%
Après le procès de 2005, Michael Jackson et ses enfants quittent les États-Unis mais sont contraints d'y revenir quelques mois plus tard en raison de problèmes d'argent. Michael va donc engager deux gardes du corps, Bill Whitfield et Javon Beard, qui vont rester jour et nuit avec lui et ses enfants jusqu'à son décès survenu le 25 juin 2009.
Runaway Island (2015)
Directed by Dianne Houston
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lorraine Toussaint, Aisha Hinds, Erica Tazel, Leon Thomas III
Rating77%
La veuve et sénatrice Naomi Holloway (interprétée par Toussaint) risque une seconde chance en amour avec un homme plus jeune.
Scriptwriter
, 1h27Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films
Actors Jamie Kennedy, Shanica Knowles
Roles Writer
Rating64%
Dans les années 1980, Michel'le débute comme vocaliste pour le World Class Wreckin' Cru. En 1989, elle signe un contrat chez Ruthless Records, le label d'Eazy E. Elle sort alors son premier album studio éponyme, entièrement produit par son petit ami d'alors, Dr. Dre. L'arrivée de Suge Knight va créer des tensions au sein de ce petit groupe issu de Compton.
Take the Lead (2006)
, 1h58Directed by Liz Friedlander
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about education, Musical films
Actors Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Yaya DaCosta, Alfre Woodard, Dante Basco, Elijah Kelley
Rating66%
A group students prepare for a school dance. Rock arrives with a damaged ticket and is denied entry by Mr. Temple and Principal James. After leaving, Rock and a group of thugs proceed to vandalize the Principal's car. Pierre Dulaine catches them in the act, but they flee before Pierre is able to interrogate them further.
Knights of the South Bronx (2005)
, 1h30Directed by Albert et Allen Hughes
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Films about chess
Actors Ted Danson, Malcolm David Kelley, Keke Palmer, Clifton Powell, Devon Bostick, Eugene Clark
Roles Teleplay
Rating66%
The movie is based on the true story of David MacEnulty who taught schoolchildren of the Bronx Community Elementary School 70 to play at competition level, eventually winning New York City and the New York State Chess Championships. The screenplay portrays whistle-blowing and a mid-life crisis that combine to remove Richard Mason (played by Ted Danson) from his old life. He becomes a substitute teacher and is assigned to a fourth-grade class in a South Bronx school. In the class are students with parents who are drug addicts or in jail or just scrambling to pay the bills. Few of them see a purpose in school other than meeting society's requirements, and he struggles, mostly in vain, to reach them.