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Dianne Houston is an African-American film director, producer and screenwriter. She is the first, and thus far only, African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for work she directed.
Dianne Houston. Writer: Take the Lead. Born and raised in Washington DC, Houston left home at age 16 to work in experimental theater in New York City. Her early work and study was with such theater greats as Liz Swados, Joseph Papp, Joe Chaikin, Peter Brook, La Mama, Woody King, and Ntozake Shange.
- January 1, 1
- Producer, Writer, Director
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Dianne Houston
Dianne Houston has written, directed, and produced for film and television for over two decades. In 2005, diagnosed with stage 3 cancer and the new mother of two, Houston checked out of the professional world to deal with matters of health and family.
Winner 2017 Gracie Award – Surviving Compton. CREDITS. Writer, Director. CONTACT. WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER. Boley. American Pride.
Dianne Houston, an Oscar nominee for her 1995 short Tuesday Morning Ride and the first and, so far, only Black woman to be Oscar nominated for a work she directed, has been tapped to write...
I Am Dianne Houston. 343 likes. Dianne Houston is a writer, director and author. Her nomination in the Short Film category for ''Tuesday Morning Ride'', made Houston the first and only African...
Dianne Houston is known as an Director, Writer, Screenplay, Actor, and Teleplay. Some of her work includes Empire, Take the Lead, When We Rise, Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge and Michel'le, Knights of the South Bronx, Override, American Pride, and Seacole.
