Oscar Micheaux
DirectingOscar 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.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
Filmography — Crew
Within Our Gates
Writer
The Exile
Director
Wages of Sin
Writer
Murder In Harlem
Director
The Darktown Revue
Director
Deceit
Producer
Body and Soul
Director
Birthright
Director
Underworld
Director
The Girl from Chicago
Director
Ten Minutes to Live
Director
The Notorious Elinor Lee
Director
Lying Lips
Director
The Hypocrite
Director
God's Step Children
Director
Swing!
Director
The Symbol of the Unconquered
Director
A Son of Satan
Writer
Veiled Aristocrats
Director
The Betrayal
Director
The Spider's Web
Director
A Daughter of the Congo
Director
Harlem After Midnight
Director
Uncle Jasper's Will
Writer
The House Behind the Cedars
Writer
Easy Street
Director
Birthright
Director
The Virgin of the Seminole
Writer
The Dungeon
Director
Temptation
Director
The Gunsaulus Mystery
Producer
The Brute
Writer
The Conjure Woman
Director
The Devil's Disciple
Director
The Millionaire
Writer
Thirty Years Later
Screenplay
When Men Betray
Director
Black Magic
Director
The Broken Violin
Writer
Phantom of Kenwood
Writer
The Homesteader
Screenplay
Marcus Garland
Writer