Suzanne de Passe
Chairman and CEO of de Passe Entertainment, Suzanne de Passe
began her career at Motown Records as Creative Assistant to
Berry Gordy, subsequently rising to the position of President
of Motown Productions. She was a partner in Gordy/de Passe
Productions prior to establishing de Passe Entertainment in
1992. The recipient of an Academy Award nomination for co-writing
the screenplay “LADY SINGS THE BLUES”, Ms. de Passe
won two Emmy Awards and NAACP Image Awards as Executive Producer
of “MOTOWN 25: YESTERDAY TODAY, FOREVER” and “MOTOWN
RETURNS TO THE APOLLO.” She also served as Executive
Producer for the highly acclaimed and award winning mini-series
“LONESOME DOVE,” “SMALL SACRIFICES,” “THE
JACKSONS: AN AMERICAN DREAM” and “BUFFALO GIRLS.”
Ms de Passe has received numerous honors,
including the AWRT (American Women in Radio and Television)
Silver Satellite Award (1999), Women in Film Crystal Award
(1988), Revlon Business Woman of the Year Award (1994), Essence
Business Award (1989) and was inducted into the Black Filmmakers
Hall of Fame in 1990. She is the subject of two Harvard Business
School case studies: Suzanne de Passe and Motown Productions
and de Passe Entertainment.
Ms de Passe served as Executive Producer
on the half hour shows, “SISTER, SISTER” and “SMART
GUY,” both of which aired on the WB Network, and which
were produced in association with Paramount and Disney Television,
respectively.
Additionally, Ms. de Passe served as Executive
Producer on the 4-hour documentary “MOTOWN 40: THE MUSIC
IS FOREVER” which aired on ABC. She was Executive Producer
of “THE TEMPTATIONS,” the four-hour Emmy Award winning
miniseries, for NBC; Executive Producer of “ZENON, GIRL
OF THE 21ST CENTURY” which aired on the Disney Channel;
Executive Producer of “THE LORETTA CLAIBORNE STORY”
for Disney/ABC Sunday Night; Executive Producer of “CHEATERS”
which aired on HBO in May 2000 as well as “ZENON: THE
ZEQUEL” which aired in January 2001 on the Disney Channel.
Most recently, Ms de Passe served as Executive Producer of
the 32nd Annual NAACP Image Awards, which aired March 2001
on the Fox Network.
Suzanne de Passe credits include:
MINI-SERIES
THE TEMPTATIONS, NBC/1998 NAACP Image
Award Winner for Outstanding Miniseries. Emmy Award Winner
for Outstanding Director. Nominated for six Emmy Awards (including
Outstanding Mini-Series), Golden Globes, Producers Guild Award,
Directors Guild Award and Prism Award. Starring: Leon, Charles
Malik Whitfield, DB Woodside, Terron Brooks and Christian
Payton.
DEAD MAN’S WALK, ABC/1996 Starring:
Edward James Olmos, Keith Carradine, Brian Dennehy and F.
Murray Abraham
BUFFALO GIRLS, CBS/1995 Nominated
for eleven Emmy Awards, including Best Miniseries and Best
Actress. Starring Angelica Huston, Melanie Griffith, Reba
McEntyre, Sam Elliott and Jack Palance
STREETS OF LAREDO, CBS/1995 Starring:
James Garner, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard and Sonia Braga
RETURN TO LONESOME DOVE, CBS/1993
Starring: Jon Voight, Barbara Hershey, Rick Schroder and Louis
Gossett, Jr.
THE JACKSONS: An American Dream,
ABC/1992 Nominated for multiple Emmy Awards, including Best
Miniseries Starring: Angela Bassett, Billy Dee Williams and
Vanessa Williams
LONESOME DOVE, CBS/1989 Emmy, Golden
Globe, Peabody Award-winning miniseries. Named “Outstanding
Program of the Year” by Television Critics Assn., Best
Miniseries in TV Guide Annual Readers Choice Awards, D.W.
Griffith Award by National Board of Review, Cowboy Hall of
Fame. Based on Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning
novel. Starring: Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones and Anjelica
Huston
SMALL SACRIFICES, ABC/1989 Nominated
for three Emmy Awards, including best miniseries and two Golden
Globe Awards. Winner of the Peabody Award for best miniseries.
Based on Ann Rule’s best-selling book. Starring: Farrah
Fawcett, Ryan O’Neal and John Shea
MOVIES FOR TELEVISION
NETWORK
THE LORETTA CLAIBORNE STORY - 2000,
Disney/ABC Sunday Night
SOMEONE ELSE’S CHILD - 1998,
ABC
BRIDESMAIDS - 1989, CBS
THE LAST ELECTRIC KNIGHT - (a.k.a.
SIDE KICKS) - 1989, ABC
HAPPY ENDINGS - 1983, CBS/King Entertainment
Starring: Catherine Hicks
CALLIE & SON
CABLE
ZENON: THE ZEQUEL - 2001, The Disney
Channel Highest-rated Disney Channel original movie ever!
(Premiered January 2001 with 3.3 rating/6 share).
CHEATERS - 2000, HBO Films
ZENON, GIRL OF THE 21ST CENTURY -
1999, The Disney Channel
SPECIALS
MOTOWN 40: THE MUSIC IS FOREVER,
4-hour documentary special, 1998, ABC
MOTOWN 30: WHAT’S GOIN’
ON, 1990, CBS Emmy Award Nominee
MOTOWN MERRI X-MAS, 1987, ABC
MOTOWN RETURNS TO THE APOLLO, 1985,
NBC Emmy Award winner for best variety Program. NAACP Image
Award winner.
MOTOWN 25: YESTERDAY, TODAY, FOREVER,
1983, NBC Emmy Award winner for best variety program. Winner
of NAACP Image and Peabody Awards.
MOTOWN ON SHOWTIME:
-- Smokey Robinson - 1990, Showtime
-- Comedy on Campus - 1990, Showtime
-- M. Jackson (The Legend Continues)
- Showtime
-- Marvin Gaye - 1987, Showtime
-- Temptations and Four Tops - 1986,
Showtime
SERIES
Sister, Sister, 1995-1999, ½
hour sitcom - 199 episodes completed, WB (Initially aired
on ABC 1993-1995) Starring: Tia and Tamera Mowry, Tim Reid
and Jackee Harry
Smart Guy, 1996-1999, ½ hour
sitcom - 51 episodes completed, WB Starring: Tahj Mowry, John
Marshall Jones, Jason Weaver, Omar Gooding and Essence Atkins.
On Our Own, 1994-1995, ½ hour
sitcom - 19 episodes completed, ABC, Starring: The Smollets
Motown Revue, 1986-1986, (6) one
hour episodes, NBC Starring: Smokey Robinson
FIRST RUN SYNDICATION Lonesome Dove:
The Outlaw Years, 1994-1996, one hour western drama, 44 episodes
completed. Starring: Eric McCormack, Scott Bairstow and Paul
Le Mat
Rollergames - 1989, (12) one hour
episodes
Night Life - 1986-1987, (195) ½
hour episodes Starring: David Brenner
AWARD PROGRAMS
32nd NAACP IMAGE AWARDS 2001, FOX
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