Madeline Anderson
Age: N/A | From: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Movie Involvements: 11
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
I Am Somebody
(1970) Producer
Integration Report 1
(1960) Producer
A Tribute to Malcolm X
(1967) Director
The Spirit of Cape Verde
(1986) Director
Being Me
(2024) Director
The Walls Come Tumbling Down
(2024) Director
Let the Church Say Amen!
(1973) EditorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Director | |
| 1970 | Director | |
| 1967 | Director | |
| 1960 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Editor | |
| 1970 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Producer | |
| 1960 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |