FILM DIRECTOR

Oscar Micheaux

1884 - 1951

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Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (US: ; (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled by black filmmakers, Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, a prominent producer of race films, and has been described as "the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the 20th century". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar Micheaux has received more than 779,936 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Oscar Micheaux is the 1,569th most popular film director (down from 1,541st in 2019), the 11,348th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,883rd in 2019) and the 437th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Oscar Micheaux ranks 1,569 out of 2,041. Before him are Scott Cooper, Phil Alden Robinson, Aparna Sen, Erick Zonca, Andrea Arnold, and Lucile Hadžihalilović. After him are Bryan Forbes, James McTeigue, McG, Stéphane Brizé, Chris Weitz, and Peter Chelsom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Oscar Micheaux ranks 245. Before him are William Hogenson, Carl Osburn, Stuart Holmes, Richard Louis Duckett, George Goulding, and Carl Kempe. After him are Calvin Bricker, Fred Yates, James Rector, Alexander Bustamante, Peter Fraser, and Carlyle Blackwell. Among people deceased in 1951, Oscar Micheaux ranks 182. Before him are John Sloan, Mady Christians, Ernie Collett, Jack Holt, Constant Lambert, and Lloyd C. Douglas. After him are Mildred Bailey, Gerald Logan, Alfred Lindley, Harry Kerr, and Harry B. Liversedge.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oscar Micheaux ranks 11,348 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Lacy (1934), Horace Ashenfelter (1923), Cam Newton (1989), Beau Garrett (1982), Christina Hoff Sommers (1950), and Robert Benchley (1889). After him are Billy Gonsalves (1908), Joseph Pilato (1949), Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911), Johnny Rebel (1938), Raphael Tracey (1904), and Melissa Hill (1970).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Oscar Micheaux ranks 437. Before him are Nia DaCosta (1989), James Bridges (1936), Cary Joji Fukunaga (1977), Andy Tennant (1955), Scott Cooper (1970), and Phil Alden Robinson (1950). After him are McG (1968), Chris Weitz (1969), Allison Anders (1954), H. Bruce Humberstone (1901), Charles Barton (1902), and Bert I. Gordon (1922).

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Filmography

Within Our Gates
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Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.
Jan 12o 19205.875 / 10
Body and Soul
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A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and betrays an honest girl, eventually driving them both to ruin.
Nov 9o 19256.2 / 10
Birthright
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After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.
Jan 1o 19385.2 / 10