Mustapha Khan

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Mustapha Khan
Born
United States
Occupation(s) Film director, producer

Mustapha Khan is an American film and television director, [1] best known for such films and television shows as Imagining America , Rocksteady, [2] Sesame Street and The Electric Company .

The son of a Caribbean immigrant,[ citation needed ] Khan graduated in 1980 from Moorestown Friends School. [3] He graduated from Harvard University in 1984.

He won a 1992 Daytime Emmy for his Sesame Street short film Dancing Shoes and also obtained a Primetime Emmy nomination for work on Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration . [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Mustapha Khan". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2013-02-16.
  2. 1 2 Steve Potter (July–August 2012). "High-speed, Rocksteady". Harvard Magazine .
  3. ↑ "Upper School Music Retreat Welcomes Special Guests for Clinics, Film Screening", Moorestown Friends School, March 9, 2020. Accessed May 18, 2020. "In addition, Mustapha Khan ’80 presented a special screening of his documentary Song for Our People, which is currently traveling the festival circuit and earning praise from audiences."


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