Oscar Micheaux
Known for: Directing
Born: January 2, 1884
Died: March 25, 1951
Place of birth: Metropolis, Illinois, USA
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.
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Filmography
44 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
3.0
Hollywood Black
2024
6.2
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
2021
9.0
The Betrayal
1948
4.0
The Notorious Elinor Lee
1940
5.0
Lying Lips
1939
6.0
God's Step Children
1938
6.0
Swing!
1938
5.4
Birthright
1938
6.0
Underworld
1937
5.3
Murder In Harlem
1935
9.0
Temptation
1935
9.0
Harlem After Midnight
193410.0
Black Magic
1932
5.1
Ten Minutes to Live
1932
6.5
The Girl from Chicago
1932
5.4
Veiled Aristocrats
1932
5.2
The Exile
1931
4.3
The Darktown Revue
19317.0
Easy Street
1930
9.0
A Daughter of the Congo
19309.0
When Men Betray
1929
8.0
Wages of Sin
19298.0
The Broken Violin
1928
7.0
Thirty Years Later
1928
7.0
The Millionaire
19277.0
The Spider's Web
19279.0
The House Behind the Cedars
192710.0
The Conjure Woman
1926
6.3
Body and Soul
1925
9.0
The Devil's Disciple
19259.0
Marcus Garland
1925
7.0
A Son of Satan
1924
9.0
Birthright
192410.0
The Virgin of the Seminole
19238.0
Deceit
1923
8.0
The Dungeon
19227.0
Uncle Jasper's Will
19227.0
The Hypocrite
1921
10.0
The Gunsaulus Mystery
1921
5.7
The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan
1920
NR
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)
1920
6.1
Within Our Gates
1920
7.0
The Brute
1920
8.0
The Homesteader
1919NR
Phantom of Kenwood
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