Awards and Other Credits
At the 2001 Image Awards of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Townsend had directed three actors nominated in the best actor/actress category in three different films: Leon Robinson, for his role in Little Richard, which Townsend directed for NBC; Alfre Woodard, for her role in the Showtime Movie Holiday Heart (2000), which also garnered her a Golden Globe nomination; and Natalie Cole as herself in Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2000), for which she won the Image Award for best actress. Townsend also produced the television films Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001) and 10,000 Black Men Named George.
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