Debbie Allen
Acting
Born January 16, 1950 · Houston, Texas, USA
38 films as director · Active 1982–2026
Debbie Allen is an American film and television actress and director.
Known for
Directed(38)
Acting(95)
2026A Different World
TV
2025Seen & Heard: The History of Black TelevisionTV
2025A Murder in Oakland: Beauty is DeadlyFilm
2023The Hidden Power of PurposeFilm
2022The Jennifer Hudson ShowTV
2022The Proud Family: Louder and ProuderTV
2022Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens RisingFilm
2022JANET JACKSON.TV
2021Turning the Tables with Robin RobertsTV
2021Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly GorgeousFilm
2020Cardi TriesTV
2020Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate NutcrackerFilm
2020Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz DanceFilm
2019Maurice Hines: Bring Them BackFilm
2019The Tamron Hall ShowTV
2018Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'TV
2018American TapFilm
2017S.W.A.T.TV
2017Raven's HomeTV
2015Grace and FrankieTV
2014The Hot Chocolate NutcrackerFilm
2014Jane the VirginTV
2013A Star for RoseFilm
2011A Place for Us: West Side Story's LegacyFilm
2011Dance MomsTV
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesTV
2009FameFilm
2009Next Day AirFilm
2008Bring Back... FameFilm
2007Tournament of DreamsFilm
2006Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino StoryFilm
2005Everybody Hates ChrisTV
2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsFilm
2005So You Think You Can DanceTV
2005Bring Back...TV
2005Grey's AnatomyTV
2005Confessions of an Action StarFilm
2004AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the MoviesFilm
2003All of UsTV
2002The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in StereoFilm
2002It's Black EntertainmentFilm
2001The PaintingFilm
2001All About YouFilm
2001The Old SettlerFilm
2001The DivisionTV
2000Everything's JakeFilm
1999Intimate Portrait: Josephine BakerFilm
1999Michael Jordan: An American HeroFilm
1997Ships of Slaves: The Middle PassageFilm
1996E! True Hollywood StoryTV
1996C Bear and JamalTV
1995Out-of-SyncFilm
1995In the HouseTV
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildTV
1994Touched by an AngelTV
1994Mona Must DieFilm
1994Blank CheckFilm
1993Intimate PortraitTV
1992Stompin' at the SavoyFilm
1991Sunday in ParisFilm
1991Sunday in ParisTV
1990Spike & Co.: Do It a CappellaFilm
1990Spike & Co. Do It a-CappellaFilm
1989Quantum LeapTV
1989The Debbie Allen SpecialFilm
1987A Different WorldTV
1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodFilm
1987Superstars and their MomsFilm
1986Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is CallingFilm
1986An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.Film
1985Dancing in the WingsFilm
1985Motown Returns to the ApolloFilm
1985Night of 100 Stars IIFilm
1985Disneyland's 30th Anniversary CelebrationFilm
1984The Cosby ShowTV
1984CelebrityTV
1984The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic TeamFilm
1983Women of San QuentinFilm
1983The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall LondonFilm
1982Alice at the PalaceFilm
1982FameTV
1981RagtimeFilm
1980FameFilm
1979The Fish That Saved PittsburghFilm
1979Ebony, Ivory and JadeFilm
1979Roots: The Next GenerationsTV
1978The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His RootsFilm
1977The Greatest Thing That Almost HappenedFilm
1977The Love BoatTV
19773 Girls 3TV
1976Battle of the Network StarsTV
1974Good TimesTV
1971Great PerformancesTV
Broadway: The Next GenerationFilm
SplinterFilm