Barbara Martinez Jitner

Barbara Martinez Jitner is the first Latina Executive Producer of a primetime network television drama series. She wrote and directed several of the 22 episodes of the first season of AMERICAN FAMILY.

Martinez Jitner began her career in theater as a core member of the ensembles of such theater luminaries as Jerzy Grotowski and Luis Valdez. She then became an award-winning director of television commercials and music videos. Martinez Jitner's film career began as a documentarian, producing the Disney documentary "American Tapestry," which aired on Showtime. She also directed the Latino segment of "American Tapestry" entitled "La Frontera/The Border," which exposed the slave-like working conditions in NAFTA factories at the U.S./Mexico border.

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