Oscar Micheaux
Born: 1884-01-02 in Metropolis, Illinois, USA
Died: 1951-03-25
Known For: Directing
Biography
Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Micheaux Book & Film Company produced some films, he is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the twentieth century and the most prominent producer of race films. He produced both silent films and "talkies" after the industry changed to incorporate speaking actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oscar Micheaux licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2024
- Hollywood Black as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking as Archival footage
1948
- The Betrayal ... (Novel)
1940
- The Notorious Elinor Lee ... (Director)
1939
- Lying Lips ... (Director)
1938
- Swing! ... (Director)
- Birthright ... (Director)
- God's Step Children ... (Director)
1937
- Underworld ... (Director)
1935
- Murder In Harlem as Second detective (uncredited)
- Temptation ... (Director)
1934
- Harlem After Midnight ... (Director)
1932
- Veiled Aristocrats ... (Director)
- Black Magic ... (Director)
- The Girl from Chicago ... (Director)
- Ten Minutes to Live as Officer 1
1931
- The Exile ... (Director)
- The Darktown Revue ... (Director)
1930
- A Daughter of the Congo ... (Director)
- Easy Street ... (Director)
1929
- Wages of Sin ... (Writer)
- When Men Betray ... (Director)
1928
- Thirty Years Later ... (Director)
- The Broken Violin ... (Director)
1927
- The House Behind the Cedars ... (Writer)
- The Spider's Web ... (Director)
- The Millionaire ... (Director)
1926
- The Conjure Woman ... (Director)
1925
- Body and Soul ... (Director)
- The Devil's Disciple ... (Director)
- Marcus Garland ... (Director)
1924
- Birthright ... (Director)
- A Son of Satan ... (Writer)
1923
- The Virgin of the Seminole ... (Director)
- Deceit ... (Producer)
1922
- Uncle Jasper's Will ... (Writer)
- The Dungeon ... (Writer)
1921
- The Gunsaulus Mystery ... (Producer)
- The Hypocrite ... (Director)
1920
- Within Our Gates ... (Director)
- Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7) as self
- The Symbol of the Unconquered ... (Director)
- The Brute ... (Writer)
1919
- The Homesteader ... (Novel)