Director
Oscar Micheaux
142 years · Metropolis, Illinois, USA · 31 films
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.
Best known for
Within Our Gates
1920 · Writer, Director
On MUBI
Body and Soul
1925 · Director, Screenplay
On Kanopy
Birthright
1938 · Screenplay, Director
On Plex
The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan
1920 · Director, Producer
On Kanopy
The Exile
1931 · Writer, Director
On Kanopy
Murder In Harlem
1935 · Second detective (uncredited), Director
On Mometu
Filmography 31
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
2021 · Archival footage
On Kanopy
The Betrayal
1948 · Director
The Notorious Elinor Lee
1940 · Writer, Director
Lying Lips
1939 · Director, Writer
On Philo
God's Step Children
1938 · Screenplay, Director
On Mometu
Swing!
1938 · Director, Producer
On Mometu
Birthright
1938 · Screenplay, Director
On Plex
Underworld
1937 · Director, Producer
On Tubi TV
Murder In Harlem
1935 · Second detective (uncredited), Director
On Mometu
Temptation
1935 · Director
Harlem After Midnight
1934 · Writer, Director
Ten Minutes to Live
1932 · Officer 1, Director
On Kanopy
The Girl from Chicago
1932 · Director, Writer
On Kanopy
Veiled Aristocrats
1932 · Screenplay, Director
On Kanopy
The Exile
1931 · Writer, Director
On Kanopy
The Darktown Revue
1931 · Writer, Director
On Criterion Channel
A Daughter of the Congo
1930 · Director, Writer
Wages of Sin
1929 · Writer, Director
Thirty Years Later
1928 · Director, Screenplay
The Millionaire
1927 · Writer, Director
Body and Soul
1925 · Director, Screenplay
On Kanopy
The Devil's Disciple
1925 · Writer, Director
A Son of Satan
1924 · Writer, Director
Birthright
1924 · Director, Writer
On Plex