Stan Lathan

Stan Lathan is a producer and director known for his work in television and film. He has directed pilots for sitcoms including *Real Husbands of Hollywood*, *The Soul Man*, *Amen*, *Martin*, *Moesha*, *The Parkers*, and *The Steve Harvey Show*. In 1991, he co-founded HBO's *Def Comedy Jam* with Russell Simmons. Lathan produced and directed the Tony Award-winning *Def Poetry Jam* on Broadway and directed the film *Beat Street*. He executive produced and directed Dave Chappelle's comedy specials *Killin' Them Softly* and *For What It's Worth*, as well as Cedric the Entertainer's *Taking You Higher*, all for HBO. For PBS, he directed dance specials featuring Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, and Mikhail Baryshnikov, and dramas for the series *Great Performances*, *American Playhouse*, and *The American Short Story*. He was also a director for *Sesame Street*. From 2013 to 2016, Lathan executive produced and directed *The Real Husbands of Hollywood* for BET and directed *The Soul Man* for TV Land. He received the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Caucus for Producers, Writers and Directors, has won six NAACP Image Awards, and was honored by the Directors Guild of America for his directing career. In September 2018, he won a Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) for *Dave Chappelle: Equanimity*.