1. Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
2. Robert Lantos to Steven Levitan

Stanley Lathan Biography (1945-)

Born July 8, 1945, in Philadelphia, PA; children: Tendaji (son), Sanaa, Liliane, Arielle (daughters). Addresses: OFFICE--c/o Montage Productions Inc., 5750 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 580, Los Angeles, CA, 90036. AGENTS--SandyWernick, The Brillstein Company, 9200 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90069; Les Magerman, Sumski, Green and Company, 8380 Melrose Avenue, Suite 200,Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

July 8, 1945

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK; DIRECTOR
• Save the Children, Paramount, 1973.
• Amazing Grace, United Artists, 1974.
• Beat Street, Orion, 1984.
• Uncle Tom's Cabin, Showtime, 1986.
• Also directed The Sky Is Gray, 1980.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK; ALL AS DIRECTOR SERIES
• Say Brother, PBS, 1968-69.
• Black Journal, PBS, 1969-72.
• Sesame Street, PBS, 1971-75.
• V.D. Blues, PBS, 1972.
• Soul!, PBS, 1972-77.
• Don Kirschner's Rock Concert, syndicated, 1974-75.
• Soul Train, syndicated, 1980-81.
• Credits; PILOTS
• Amen, NBC.
• Credits; EPISODIC
• "Almos' a Man," The American Short Story, PBS, 1977.
• "The Sky Is Gray," The American Short Story, PBS, 1979.
• "The Trial of Moke," Theatre in America, PBS, 1978.
• "Booker," Wonderworks, PBS, 1983.
• "Go Tell It on the Mountain," American Playhouse, PBS, 1984.
• Also Frank's Place, CBS; MacGruder and Loud, CBS; Remington Steele, NBC;Cagney and Lacey, CBS; Shirley, NBC; James at Fifteen,NBC; Sanford and Son, NBC; The Waltons, CBS; Flamingo Road, NBC; Up and Coming, ABC; Hill Street Blues, NBC; First and Ten, HBO; Miami Vice, NBC; Boone, NBC; Falcon Crest, CBS;That's My Mama, ABC; Barney Miller, ABC; Fame, NBC; Eight Is Enough, ABC; Breaking Away, ABC.
• Credits; SPECIALS
• The Greatest Show on Earth, PBS, 1972.
• Alvin Ailey: Memories and Visions, PBS, 1973.
• In Performance at Wolf Trap (eight episodes including performances by Mikhail Baryshnikov, the Martha Graham Dance Company, the Panovs, and the EliotFeld Ballet Company), PBS, 1978.
• Apollo (two episodes), syndicated, 1976.
• Fall River Legend (ballet), PBS, 1981.
• Broadway Plays Washington, PBS, 1982.
• Kennedy Center Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., syndicated, 1983.
• Also "Color of Friendship," ABC Afterschool Special, ABC; Muhammed Ali Variety Special, ABC; and Flip Wilson Special, NBC.