Editing Bill Duke (section)

===Directing===
In the early 1980s, Duke accidentally secured a directing job on ''[[Knots Landing]]'', due to a secretarial or clerical error at AFI Conservatory.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} However, the producers were pleased with his work, and he was kept on, eventually directing 10 episodes of the show.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} This made him one of the first four black television directors.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} Duke then directed episodes of ''Knots Landing'''s mother show ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'' and its sister show ''[[Falcon Crest]]'' (6 episodes). Next came action and cop shows ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'', ''[[Miami Vice]]'' and ''[[Starman (TV series)|Starman]]''. He credits the benevolence and humanity of people like [[Larry Hagman]] and [[Jane Wyman]] for his early TV directing success, while he occasionally heard derogatory remarks, and even racial slurs, from crew members, including the [[Teamsters]].{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

Duke directed the TV movie ''[[The Killing Floor (1984 film)|The Killing Floor]]'' in 1984. He began directing theatrical films in the 1990s with crime dramas ''[[A Rage in Harlem]]'' (1991), ''[[Deep Cover]]'' (1992)  and ''[[Hoodlum (film)|Hoodlum]]'' (1997).<ref name="variety1">{{cite news |last1=Gaydos |first1=Steven |title=Bill Duke Remembers the Theater Training That Helped Him |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/awards/bill-duke-remembers-the-theater-training-that-helped-him-1203082134/ |access-date=December 19, 2019 |publisher=Variety |date=December 8, 2018}}</ref> He also directed ''[[The Cemetery Club]]'' (1993) and the [[Whoopi Goldberg]] comedy sequel ''[[Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit]]'' (1993).

For television, Duke directed the [[A&E Network]] original film, ''[[The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery]]'' (2000). In 2007 he directed the historical reenactments in the award-winning PBS-broadcast documentary ''[[Prince Among Slaves]]''.<ref name="npr">{{cite news |title=Slave's Royal Lineage Chronicled in New Film |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18659102&t=1576717506847 |access-date=December 19, 2019 |publisher=NPR |date=February 4, 2008}}</ref>

Duke teamed with screenwriter [[Bayard Johnson]] to co-produce ''Cover'', a 2007 film which explores the [[HIV]] epidemic.<ref name=thr>{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Barnes |title=Bayard Johnson, 'Tarzan and the Lost City' Screenwriter, Dies at 63 |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bayard-johnson-tarzan-lost-city-864676 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=February 12, 2016 |access-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref>

He is set to direct ''The Power of One: The Diane Latiker Story'', a film based on [[Chicago]] activist [[Diane Latiker]].<ref name="nduka">{{cite news |last1=N'Duka |first1=Amanda |title=Bill Duke To Helm 'The PThe Diane Latiker Story' Feature |url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/bill-duke-the-power-of-one-the-diane-latiker-story-diane-latiker-biopic-1202648827/ |access-date=December 19, 2019 |publisher=Deadline |date=July 18, 2019}}</ref>