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Vantile Whitfield, known as "Motojicho," an influential playwright, director of stage and screen and founding director of the Expansion Arts program at the National Endowment of the Arts, died Jan. 9 at the Washington Home of complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 74 and was considered a dean of black theater.
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- NAACP Image Award, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award
- Motojicho
Vantile Whitfield (1930-2005) was a versatile artist who worked in TV, theater, and film. He directed The Third Bill Cosby Special, Tarzan, and Ashes and Embers, and wrote You Stand Like a Fine Brownstone.
- Actor, Director
- September 8, 1930
- Vantile Whitfield
- January 9, 2005
Vantile Whitfield was a director, teacher, playwright, and set designer who worked for the NEA and NBC. He was the father of actor Lance Vantile Whitfield and had three marriages and three children.
- September 8, 1930
- January 9, 2005
23 de jan. de 2005 · Vantile Whitfield, known as "Motojicho," an influential playwright, director of stage and screen and founding director of the Expansion Arts program at the National Endowment of the Arts, died...
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Collection Overview. Collection Organization. Container Inventory. Scope and Content Note. The collection consists of the papers of Vantile E. Whitfield from 1953-2005 and includes records of the D.C. Black Repertory Company, writings by Whitfield and others, Whitfield's professional and personal papers, photographs, and printed material.
Vantile Whitfield Born on September 8th 1930 in Washington D.C. Vantile Emmanuel Whitfield was the only son of Lugene Ellen Green and Theodore Roosevelt Whitfield. Vantile was a director, teacher, playwright, set designer, and was the founding director of the Expansion Arts Program at the National Endowment of the Arts (“NEA”) under Nancy Hanks.
