Louise Fleming is an American Black independent filmmaker who specializes in non-fiction, fiction, and experimental short works.

Early life and education

Fleming grew up in Michigan and Washington, DC. She is a graduate of American University and received a Master's degree from NYU's School of the Arts/Film from 1974.

Career

Fleming's short film Just Briefly was shown at the first ever Black women's film festival: the Sojourner Truth Festival of the Arts in 1976, co-organized by Black feminist Faith Ringgold, Margo Jefferson, Patricia Jones, Michele Wallace, and Monica J. Freeman.^[1] She collaborated with Nadja Tesich as script supervisor on her short Friends.

Fleming also served as production assistant on Roberta Flack's Feel Like Makin' Love album.

Her work was also featured in the 2023 Sojourner Truth Festival of the Arts 2023.^[2] Fleming previously served as co-resident/curator of Women's Screening Series CineWomen NY at Two Boots Pioneer Movie Theater and Anthology Film Archives.

Filmography

• Just Briefly (1975)
• Thank You, Ma'am (1977)
• Friends (1979)
• My Bridge (2015), as producer
• Pecking Order (2018)
• Rain: Up Close – A Meditation (2022)
• Works-in-Progress - The Overflow: a contemporary look at the intersection of church /tourism/gentrification in Harlem; This Unique Life about the late self-taught musician/songwriter Bruce Woody; and Rain: Up CLOSE