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Millicent Shelton

Birth Name:
Millicent B. Shelton
Birth Place:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Profession
Director, Writer, Costume department, Camera department

Fast Facts

  • Won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series for "The Bernie Mac Show․"
  • An alumna of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts
  • Graduated from Princeton University in 1988
  • Began her career in 1988 as a production assistant in the wardrobe department for director Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" (1989), then moved on to P․A․ on "The Cosby Show" before enrolling in NYU's film program and assisting on music videos, leading to her directorial debut on Salt-N-Pepa's "Expression" music video (1991)
  • Quote: "The dance between a director and a writer and an actor is an amazing dance․ You can create great stuff but I think the best stuff comes out of a mutual level of respect and that’s something you have to earn․"
  • Director whose work includes TV's "Hit the Floor," "The Fosters," "Dallas," "Parenthood," "Go On," "Awkward․" and many other shows
  • Has also directed music videos for music artists, like Salt-N-Pepa, Heavy D․ & the Boyz, Mary J․ Blige, Aaliya and several others

Awards

  • 2006Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series:Winner
  • 2007Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series:Nominated
  • 2008Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series:Nominated
  • 2009Gold Derby TV Award - Comedy Episode of the Year:Nominated
  • 2009INOCA TV - Best Episode of a Comedy Series:Nominated
  • 2009Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
  • 2011Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series:Winner
  • 2013Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series:Nominated
  • 2014Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series:Winner
  • 2014Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2015Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2016Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series:Nominated
  • 2016WIN Award - Outstanding Show Directed By a Woman:Nominated
  • 2017Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2019Black Reel - Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series:Nominated
  • 2020Black Reel - Outstanding Directing, Drama Series:Nominated
  • 2024DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series:Nominated
  • 2024Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie:Nominated
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