YWhitney J. LeBlanc
Whitney J. LeBlanc is a designer, director, writer, producer, teacher and glass artist. He has a Master’s degree in Theatre Production from the University of Iowa. He has taught theatre courses at Antioch College, Howard University, Lincoln University, Towson University the University of Texas and Pacific Union College.
He designed and directed: A Streetcar Named Desire, A Raisin In The Sun, Zooman And The Sign, Funnyhouse Of A Negro, and The Glass Menagerie. He received a " Best Director Award" from Drama-Logue for the production of A Raisin In The Sun in San Francisco. He received the Critics Circle award for Outstanding Design of Funnyhouse Of A Negro, at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre in San Francisco. Dreams Deferred, a play he wrote, directed and designed, had it’s première production in Los Angeles.
At the Maryland Center For Public Broadcasting, he was director for 105 episodes of the nationally aired series Our Street. As a Producer, he wrote for the series and received the Ohio State Award. He directed the acclaimed and controversial tv special, Holidays: Hallow Days--about prisoners, by prisoners and rehearsed in prison. It received the American Film Festival Award.
From PBS He went to Hollywood where he joined Norman Lear's staff as Associate Producer of Good Times. He also worked on the Dinah Show, Jim Nabors Show, and the Redd Foxx Variety HoursE. As producer/director of Up And Coming, in San Francisco, he completed 52 half-hour episodes. As a member of the Directors Guild, his directing credits were seen on The Young And The Restless, Generations, Benson, 227, The Robert Guillaume Show, Me And Mrs. C and Marblehead Manor.
Most of his writing was done in Hollywood. He has written teleplays, film-scripts, treatments for series and a "bible" for a continuing drama. Now retired to the Napa Valley from the active life of a director in Hollywood, He has published a novel, Blues In The Wind. (Author's Website)
Bibliography:
Blues In The Wind
Author's Website:
http://www.whitdoeswindows.com
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