Known For
Directing
Born
Mar 04, 1946
Place of Birth
Gondor, Ethiopia
Credits
17 titles
Haile Gerima
Biography
Haile Gerima (born March 4, 1946) is an Ethiopian Amhara filmmaker who lives and works in the United States. He is a leading member of the L.A. Rebellion film movement, also known as the Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers. Since 1975, Haile has been a film professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He is best known for Sankofa (1993), which won two awards. In 1970, he moved to California to attend the University of California where he earned Bachelor's and Master's of Fine Arts degrees in film. He was part of a generation of new black filmmakers who became known as the Los Angeles School of Black filmmakers, along with Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep), Jamaa Fanaka (Penitentiary), Ben Caldwell (I and I), Larry Clark and Julie Dash (Daughters of the Dust).
Known For
Filmography
Black Lions – Roman Wolves
Self – Narrator
Footprints of Pan-Africanism
Producer
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA
Himself
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Teza
Director
Adwa
Editor
Imperfect Journey
Sankofa
Writer
Ouaga
Ashes and Embers
Director
Bush Mama
Director
Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000
Director
Harvest: 3,000 Years
Director
Child of Resistance
Director
As Above, So Below
Dess
Hour Glass
Director
The Maroons
Director