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Rita Coburn

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Production Manager
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Rita Coburn Whack Co Director Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise at the 2016 IDA Awards
Rita Coburn is known for Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands (2022), Maya Angelou And Still I Rise (2016) and Apollo Live (2012).
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      • 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Known for

    Marian Anderson in Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands (2022)
    Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
    7.9
    • Director(as Rita Coburn Whack)
    • 2022
    Maya Angelou And Still I Rise (2016)
    Maya Angelou And Still I Rise
    7.9
    • Director(as Rita Coburn Whack)
    • 2016
    Apollo Live (2012)
    Apollo Live
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Production Manager(as Rita Coburn Whack)
    American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Director

    • American Masters
      • Director
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017–2022
    • Marian Anderson in Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands (2022)
      Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
      7.9
      • Director (as Rita Coburn Whack)
      • 2022
    • Jo Brand and Alan Yentob in Imagine (2003)
      Imagine
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director (as Rita Coburn Whack)
      • 2017
    • Maya Angelou And Still I Rise (2016)
      Maya Angelou And Still I Rise
      7.9
      • co-director (as Rita Coburn Whack)
      • 2016

    Producer

    • American Masters
      • producer
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Ariana DeBose in San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood (2024)
      San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood
      • producer
      • 2024
    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2017–2022
    • Marian Anderson in Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands (2022)
      Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
      7.9
      • producer (as Rita Coburn Whack)
      • 2022
    • Maya Angelou And Still I Rise (2016)
      Maya Angelou And Still I Rise
      7.9
      • producer (as Rita Coburn Whack)
      • 2016
    • Mobsters (2007)
      Mobsters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • producer (as Rita Coburn Whack)
      • 2007

    Production Manager

    • Apollo Live (2012)
      Apollo Live
      6.4
      TV Series
      • production manager (as Rita Coburn Whack)
      • 2014

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      • Rita Coburn Whack

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