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Stan Lathan

Highest Rated: 57% Beat Street (1984)

Lowest Rated: 14% Def Jam's How to Be a Player (1997)

Birthday: Jul 8, 1945

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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 during the early days of "Sesame Street" and made a notable impact as a producer on "Black Journal."

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Highest-Rated Movies

57% 83% Beat Street
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42% 98% Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones
Watchlist 40% 95% Dave Chappelle: The Closer Watchlist
28% 76% Waist Deep
Watchlist 20% 82% Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer Watchlist
14% 76% Def Jam's How to Be a Player
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Lemon
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Brave New Voices
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76% Amazing Grace
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86% Chappelle's Home Team - Earthquake: Legendary
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Chappelle's Home Team - Donnell Rawlings: A New Day 62% 2024 Director, Executive Producer Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer 20% 82% 2023 Director 85 South: Ghetto Legends 67% 2023 Director Save the Children: A Concert for the Ages 2023 Director Chappelle's Home Team - Earthquake: Legendary 86% 2022 Director, Executive Producer Dave Chappelle: The Closer 40% 95% 2021 Director Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones 42% 98% 2019 Director Amanda Seales: I Be Knowin' 2019 Director Lemon 2011 Executive Producer Brave New Voices 2009 Director Waist Deep 28% 76% 2006 Executive Producer The Industry 2004 Executive Producer It's Black Entertainment 2000 Director, Executive Producer Def Jam's How to Be a Player 14% 76% 1997 Executive Producer An Eight Is Enough Wedding 57% 1989 Director The Child Saver 1988 Director Uncle Tom's Cabin 53% 1987 Director Go Tell It on the Mountain 60% 1984 Director Beat Street 57% 83% 1984 Director A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion 1982 Director The Sky Is Gray 1980 Director Amazing Grace 76% 1974 Director, Producer Brothers and Sisters in Concert 1973 Director Save the Children 1973 Director
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