Suzanne de Passe - Awards

Awards

The recipient of an Academy Award nomination for co-writing the screenplay Lady Sings the Blues, 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. De Passe served as Executive Producer for the highly acclaimed and multiple award winning, CBS western m\Mini-Series Lonesome Dove, that won both Golden Globe and Peabody Awards and was voted Outstanding Program of the Year by The Television Critics Association.

As Executive Producer of the benchmark NBC Mini-Series The Temptations, de Passe won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Mini-Series and was nominated for both a Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award for Best Mini-Series. She also served as Executive Producer for Small Sacrifices, The Jacksons, An American Dream and Bufallo Girls, all of which were nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Mini-Series.

A veteran of over three decades in Hollywood, generating over a billion dollars in revenue in the entertainment industry, and dividing her time and talent between Los Angeles and New York, de Passe has also received countless awards for her contributions to the television, movie and music industries including:

• Essence: Hollywood Women of Power Visionary Award (2008)
• Savannah Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award (2008)
• Black Enterprise Top 50 Hollywood Power Brokers (2007)
• The AWRT (American Women in Radio and Television) Silver Satellite Award (1999);
• Revlon Business Woman of the Year Award (1994);
• Inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame (1990);
• Essence Award (1989); and
• Women in Film Crystal Award for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry. (1988).

Recent community honors include:

• 2010 Recipient The George Arents Award is Syracuse University's highest alumni honor, presented annually to alumni who have made outstanding contributions to their chosen fields.
• Center for The Advancement of Women: 2007 Changing the Landscape for Women Honoree
• Jackie Robinson Foundation 2006 Trailblazer Award
• Ebony Magazine selected de Passe for its highest honor, presenting her with the 2004 Madame C. J. Walker Award
• 2003 Whitney M. Young Award; Los Angeles Urban League’s highest accolade. (In keeping with tradition, de Passe presented the 2004 award to Magic Johnson.)