Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 02, 1884
Died
Mar 25, 1951
Place of Birth
Metropolis, Illinois, USA
Credits
45 titles
Oscar Micheaux
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.
Known For
Filmography
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Archival footage
The Betrayal
Novel
The Notorious Elinor Lee
Writer
Lying Lips
Director
God's Step Children
Screenplay
Swing!
Director
Birthright
Screenplay
Underworld
Director
Murder In Harlem
Second detective (uncredited)
Temptation
Director
Harlem After Midnight
Writer
Black Magic
Director
Ten Minutes to Live
Officer 1
The Girl from Chicago
Director
Veiled Aristocrats
Screenplay
The Exile
Writer
The Darktown Revue
Writer
Easy Street
Writer
A Daughter of the Congo
Director
When Men Betray
Director
Wages of Sin
Writer
The Broken Violin
Writer
Thirty Years Later
Director
The Millionaire
Writer
The Spider's Web
Writer
The House Behind the Cedars
Writer
The Conjure Woman
Director
Body and Soul
Director
The Devil's Disciple
Writer
Marcus Garland
Writer
A Son of Satan
Writer
Birthright
Director
The Virgin of the Seminole
Writer
Deceit
Producer
The Dungeon
Director
Uncle Jasper's Will
Writer
The Hypocrite
Director
The Gunsaulus Mystery
Producer
The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan
Director
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)
self
Within Our Gates
Writer
The Brute
Writer
The Homesteader
Novel
Phantom of Kenwood
Writer