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Stan Lathan

  • Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Birthday: November 30, 1944

A prolific black American director who specializes in several TV genres but also works in features, Stan Lathan has had a significant influence on a number of black-themed sitcoms including "Sanford and Son", "Amen", "Frank's Place", "True Colors", "Roc", "Martin", "South Central", "Moesha" and "The Steve Harvey Show". He entered the industry in the 1960s through public TV as a director of educational and public affairs programs. Lathan was a director …more

Credits

Consultants & Advisors
  • Roc

    Executive Consultant

Director
Producer

Career Milestones

  • 2002

    Directed the award-winning HBO series "Def Poetry Jam"

  • 1999

    Directed the pilot for the UPN spin-off sitcom "Mo'Nique"

  • 1996

    Directed the pilot and subsequent episodes of "Moesha" (UPN), starring Brandy

  • 1994

    Helmed the pilot and multiple episodes of the acclaimed, but sjort-lived Fox sitcom "South Central"

  • 1990

    Directed the pilot and premiere episodes of "True Colors", a Fox sitcom about an interracial family

Awards

  • 1999

    NAACP Image Award: Outstanding Comedy Series

Upcoming Appearances

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Saturday at 03:30 am TBS

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