Director
Haile Gerima
80 years · Gondor, Ethiopia · 15 films
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).
Best known for
Filmography 15
Black Lions – Roman Wolves
2026 · Self – Narrator, Director
Footprints of Pan-Africanism
2018 · Producer
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA
2016 · Himself
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Actor, Director
Teza
2008 · Director, Screenplay
Adwa
1999 · Director, Editor
Imperfect Journey
1994 · Actor, Director
Sankofa
1993 · Director, Writer
Ashes and Embers
1982 · Director, Writer
Bush Mama
1979 · Director, Writer
Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000
1979 · Director
Harvest: 3,000 Years
1975 · Director, Writer
Child of Resistance
1973 · Director
As Above, So Below
1973 · Dess
Hour Glass
1971 · Director, Producer