Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

86 · Born: Jun 1, 1937

Personal Details

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Height 6' 2"
Net Worth 120,000,000.00
Born Jun 1, 1937 Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Spouse
  • Myrna Colley-Lee

    ( Jun 16, 1984 to Sep 15, 2010 )
  • Jeanette Adair Bradshaw

    ( Oct 22, 1967 to Nov 18, 1979 )
Parents
  • Mayme Edna Freeman (Revere)
  • Morgan Porterfield Freeman
Relatives
  • Sibling (Sibling)
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Biography

Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator. Noted for his distinctive deep voice, Freeman is known for his various roles in a wide variety of film genres. Throughout his career spanning over five decades, he has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman was raised in Mississippi where he began acting in school plays. He studied theatre arts in Los Angeles and appeared in stage productions in his early career. He rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children's television series The Electric Company. Freeman then appeared in the Shakespearean plays Coriolanus and Julius Caesar, the former of which earned him an Obie Award. His breakout role was in Street Smart (1987), playing a hustler, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He achieved further stardom in Glory, the biographical drama Lean on Me, and comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy (all 1989), the latter of which garnered him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1992, Freeman starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the western revenge film Unforgiven; this would be the first of several collaborations with Eastwood. In 1994, he starred in the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption for which he received another Academy Award nomination. Freeman also starred in David Fincher's crime thriller Se7en (1995), and Steven Spielberg's historical drama Amistad (1997). Freeman won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Clint Eastwood's 2004 sports drama Million Dollar Baby. In 2009, he received his fifth Oscar nomination for playing former South African President Nelson Mandela in Eastwood's Invictus. Freeman is also known for his performance as Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012). In addition to acting, Freeman has directed the drama Bopha! (1993). He also founded film production company Revelations Entertainment with business partner Lori McCreary. He is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. For his performances in theatrical productions, he has won three Obie Awards, one of the most prestigious honors for recognizing excellence in theatre. Description above from the Wikipedia article Morgan Freeman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

2024
My Dead Friend Zoe
My Dead Friend Zoe as Dr. Cole
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Gunner
Gunner as Kendrick Ryker
2023
The Ritual Killer
The Ritual Killer as Dr. Mackles
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57 Seconds
57 Seconds as Anton Burrell
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A Good Person
A Good Person as Daniel
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2022
Paradise Highway
Paradise Highway as Gerick
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The Minute You Wake up Dead
The Minute You Wake up Dead as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
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2021
Vanquish
Vanquish as Damon
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The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard as Senior
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Solos
Solos as Stuart
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2020
Into America's Wild
Into America's Wild as Narrator (voice)
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Meeting the Beatles in India
Meeting the Beatles in India as Narrator (voice)
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The Comeback Trail
The Comeback Trail as Reggie Fontaine
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Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Morgan Freeman (voice)
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2019
The Poison Rose
The Poison Rose as Doc
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Brian Banks
Brian Banks as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
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Angel Has Fallen
Angel Has Fallen as Alan Trumbull
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2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Drosselmeyer
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Alpha
Alpha as Narrator
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America's Musical Journey
America's Musical Journey as Narrator (voice)
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2017
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step as Narrator (english voice)
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Just Getting Started
Just Getting Started as Duke
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Going in Style
Going in Style as Willie Davis
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2016
The C Word
The C Word as Narrator (voice)
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Now You See Me 2
Now You See Me 2 as Thaddeus Bradley
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Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur as Sheik Ilderim
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London Has Fallen
London Has Fallen as Alan Trumbull
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2015
Last Knights
Last Knights as Bartok
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Ted 2
Ted 2 as Patrick Meighan
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JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness as Narrator (voice)
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Momentum
Momentum as Senator
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2014
Dolphin Tale 2
Dolphin Tale 2 as Dr. Cameron McCarthy
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Transcendence
Transcendence as Joseph Tagger
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Lucy
Lucy as Professor Samuel Norman
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Wish Wizard
Wish Wizard as Maxwell Omni
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5 Flights Up
5 Flights Up as Alex Carver
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The Lego Movie
The Lego Movie as Vitruvius (voice)
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Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar as Narrator (voice)
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We the People
We the People as Narrator (voice)
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2013
Now You See Me
Now You See Me as Thaddeus Bradley
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Olympus Has Fallen
Olympus Has Fallen as Alan Trumbull
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Last Vegas
Last Vegas as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
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Oblivion
Oblivion as Beech
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JFK: A President Betrayed
JFK: A President Betrayed as Narrator (voice)
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The Editor and the Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
2012
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
B.B. King: The Life of Riley as Narrator (voice)
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The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises as Lucius Fox
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The Magic of Belle Isle
The Magic of Belle Isle as Monte Wildhorn
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2011
Dolphin Tale
Dolphin Tale as Dr. McCarthy
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Born to Be Wild
Born to Be Wild as Narrator (voice)
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Quebrando o Tabu
Quebrando o Tabu as Narrator (voice)
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2010
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
The Eastwood Factor
The Eastwood Factor as Narrator (voice)
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RED
RED as Joe Matheson
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2009
Prom Night in Mississippi
Prom Night in Mississippi as Narrator (voice)
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Thick as Thieves
Thick as Thieves as Keith Ripley
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Invictus
Invictus as Nelson Mandela
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The Maiden Heist
The Maiden Heist as Charles Peterson
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2008
Wanted
Wanted as Sloan
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Where the Water Meets the Sky
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight as Lucius Fox
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2007
Evan Almighty
Evan Almighty as God
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Gone Baby Gone
Gone Baby Gone as Jack Doyle
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The Bucket List
The Bucket List as Carter Chambers
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Feast of Love
Feast of Love as Harry Stevenson
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2006
The Contract
The Contract as Frank Carden
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Lucky Number Slevin
Lucky Number Slevin as The Boss
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10 Items or Less
10 Items or Less as 'Him'
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2005
Batman Begins
Batman Begins as Lucius Fox
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An Unfinished Life
An Unfinished Life as Mitch Bradley
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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Neil Armstrong (voice)
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Unleashed
Unleashed as Sam
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Edison
Edison as Ashford
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March of the Penguins
March of the Penguins as Narrator (English voice)
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2004
The Big Bounce
The Big Bounce as Walter Crewes
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Rameses: Wrath of God or Man?
Rameses: Wrath of God or Man? as Narrator
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Million Dollar Baby
Million Dollar Baby as Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris
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The Hunting of the President
The Hunting of the President as Narrator (voice)
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2003
Guilty by Association
Guilty by Association as Lt. Redding
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Dreamcatcher
Dreamcatcher as Col. Abraham Curtis
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Levity
Levity as Miles Evans
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Bruce Almighty
Bruce Almighty as God
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2002
The Sum of All Fears
The Sum of All Fears as DCI William Cabot
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High Crimes
High Crimes as Charlie Grimes
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American Experience
American Experience as Narrator (voice)
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2001
Along Came a Spider
Along Came a Spider as Alex Cross
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2000
American Masters
American Masters as Narrator (voice)
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Under Suspicion
Under Suspicion as Captain Victor Benezet
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Nurse Betty
Nurse Betty as Charlie
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American Masters
American Masters as Narrator (voice)
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1998
Deep Impact
Deep Impact as President Tom Beck
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Hard Rain
Hard Rain as Jim
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1997
Amistad
Amistad as Theodore Joadson
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The Long Way Home
The Long Way Home as Narrator (voice)
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Kiss the Girls
Kiss the Girls as Alex Cross
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1996
Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction as Paul Shannon
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Moll Flanders
Moll Flanders as Hibble
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Cosmic Voyage
Cosmic Voyage as Narrator (voice)
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1995
Se7en
Se7en as Detective Lt. William Somerset
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Outbreak
Outbreak as General Billy Ford
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1994
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
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1992
Unforgiven
Unforgiven as Ned Logan
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The Power of One
The Power of One as Geel Piet
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1991
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as Azeem
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1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities as Judge Leonard White
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The Civil War
The Civil War as Frederick Douglass
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1989
Glory
Glory as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
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Johnny Handsome
Johnny Handsome as Lt. A.Z. Drones
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Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy as Hoke Colburn
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Lean on Me
Lean on Me as Principal Joe Clark
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1988
Clean and Sober
Clean and Sober as Craig
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Blood Money
Blood Money as Dorsey Pratt
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1987
Street Smart
Street Smart as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
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Fight for Life
Fight for Life as Dr. Sherard
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1986
Resting Place
Resting Place as Luther Johnson
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1985
Marie
Marie as Charles Traughber
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That Was Then... This Is Now
That Was Then... This Is Now as Charlie Woods
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The Execution of Raymond Graham
The Execution of Raymond Graham as Warden Pratt
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The Atlanta Child Murders
The Atlanta Child Murders as Ben Shelter
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Great Performances
Great Performances as Messenger
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1984
Harry & Son
Harry & Son as Siemanowski
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1981
Eyewitness
Eyewitness as Lieutenant Black
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The Marva Collins Story
The Marva Collins Story as Clarence Collins
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Death of a Prophet
Death of a Prophet as Malcolm X
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Clarence
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1980
Attica
Attica as Hap Richards
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Brubaker
Brubaker as Walter
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1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as Uncle Hammer
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1971
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
The Electric Company
The Electric Company as Count Dracula
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1968
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? as Grand Central Commuter
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100 Years of Warner Bros.
Life on Our Planet
2022
Betty White: A Celebration
Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains
Sidney
Sidney
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Our Universe
Our Universe
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Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers
Coming 2 America
Coming 2 America
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2017
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Monochrome: Black, White and Blue
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
The Graham Norton Show
2016
Containment
Containment
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The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
The Last White Knight
Echoes Cross the Tracks
2011
Curiosity
Curiosity
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Through the Wormhole
2009
The People Speak
The People Speak
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2007
All About Us
All About Us
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2006
2005
Blues Divas
Blues Divas
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Slavery and the Making of America
2003
Declaration of Independence
2002
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
2001
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
2000
American Masters
American Masters
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1999
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
1974
Out to Lunch
Out to Lunch
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1993
Bopha!
Bopha! as Director
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