Mustapha Khan

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.

Mustapha Khan
Born
OccupationFilm director, producer

The son of a Caribbean immigrant, Khan graduated in 1980 from Moorestown Friends School.[3]

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". The New York Times.
  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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