About

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Place of birth:
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Madeline Anderson

Overview

Pioneering filmmaker and television producer Madeline Anderson is often credited as being the first black woman to produce and direct a televised documentary film, the first black woman to produce and direct a syndicated TV series, the first black employee at New York-based public television station National Educational Television (WNET), and one of the first black women to join the film editor’s union.

Anderson went on to become the in-house producer and director for Sesame Street and The Electric Company for the Children’s Television Workshop. During the early 1970s, she also helped create what would become WHUT-TV at Howard University, the country's first, and only, black-owned public television station. Anderson was critical of Hollywood and preferred to work outside of that system.

Known for

Acting
2003 Sisters in Cinema Actor Self N/A
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Directing
1975 Being Me Directing Director N/A
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1975 The Walls Come Tumbling Down Directing Director N/A
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1970 I Am Somebody Directing Director 59
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1967 A Tribute to Malcolm X Directing Director 59
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1960 Integration Report 1 Directing Director 59
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Production
1970 I Am Somebody Production Producer 59
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1967 A Tribute to Malcolm X Production Producer 59
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1960 Integration Report 1 Production Producer 59
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Editing
1973 Let the Church Say Amen! Editing Editor N/A
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1970 I Am Somebody Editing Editor 59
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1967 A Tribute to Malcolm X Editing Editor 59
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