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, Lee Daniels, and the Hughes Brothers. Notable films she worked on include ''

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'', '' All Eyez On Me'', '' Amistad'', ''

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'', '' Malcolm X'', and '' The Best Man''.

Biography

Born in Jamaica and raised in

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, Sinclair went to

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and graduated from Florida A&M University. Her first casting director credit came in 1998 with ''

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'', starring

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and

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. In 2010, she was the Star Project Mentor at the 2010

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. She also produced movies, such as co-producing the 2017

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film ''Maynard'', a bio-pic about Atlanta's first Black mayor, Maynard Jackson. The film was shown at film festivals such as Doc NYC and the

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. Through her casting agency, she also took part in the launching of

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's book ''Scarlet Minor Chronicles''. She was a panelist at the 2018 For the academy's Careers in Film Summit in Atlanta, hosted by the African-American Film Critics Association. Sinclair had two adoptive sons. She died in hospice care due to colon cancer on August 12, 2024, at the age of 58.

Filmography

Casting director

Film

Music videos

Producer

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinclair, Winsome 1965 births 2024 deaths People from Long Island American people of Jamaican descent Jamaican emigrants to the United States Florida A&M University alumni American women casting directors African-American film producers 20th-century African-American women 21st-century African-American women Deaths from colorectal cancer in New York (state)