Bill Gunn
Born: 1934-07-15 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1989-04-05
Known For: Writing
Biography
Bill Gunn was an American playwright, novelist, actor and film director. His 1973 cult classic horror film Ganja and Hess was chosen as one of ten best American films of the decade at the Cannes Film Festival, 1973. In the New Yorker, film critic Richard Brody described him as being “a visionary filmmaker left on the sidelines of the most ostensibly liberated period of American filmmaking.” His drama Johnnas won an Emmy award in 1972.
Filmography
2015
- Da Sweet Blood of Jesus ... (Writer)
1984
- The Cosby Show as Homer
1983
- Montgomery Clift as Self
1982
- Losing Ground as Victor
1980
- Personal Problems as Mr. Damien
1973
- Ganja & Hess as George Meda
1970
- Stop! ... (Writer)
- The Landlord ... (Screenplay)
- The Angel Levine ... (Writer)
1966
- Penelope as Sgt. Rothschild
1965
- The Spy with My Face as Namana
1963
- The Fugitive as Avery
- The Outer Limits as Lt. James P. Willowmore
1962
- The Interns as Rosco
1959
- The Sound and the Fury as T.P.
1957
- Crossroads as Roy (uncredited)