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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 738,676 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Micheaux is the 1,547th most popular film director (up from 6,841st in 2019), the 11,910th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,550th in 2019) and the 449th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 15

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Oscar Micheaux ranks 1,547 out of 1,581. Before him are Lee Cheol-ha, Dean Devlin, Subhash Ghai, Lowell Thomas, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, and K. Balachander. After him are Lisa Joy, Michael Cuesta, Barrie M. Osborne, Miguel Sapochnik, Robert Eggers, and Lynne Ramsay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Oscar Micheaux ranks 224. Before him are Davidson Black, Alexander Bustamante, Calvin Bricker, Bessie Barriscale, Lew Cody, and Arthur Edmund Carewe. After him are Carlyle Blackwell, Snowy Baker, and Sandy Turnbull. Among people deceased in 1951, Oscar Micheaux ranks 163. Before him are Thomas Blamey, Tom Kiely, Max Horton, Carl Albert Andersen, Constant Lambert, and Jack Holt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oscar Micheaux ranks 11,910 out of 18,182. Before him are Perry Farrell (1959), Elinor Donahue (1937), Antonio Villaraigosa (1953), Jorge Masvidal (1984), Alex Groza (1926), and Bobby Wanzer (1921). After him are Joan Caulfield (1922), Archie Williams (1915), Mario Cantone (1959), Ivan Dresser (1896), William Kennedy (1928), and Ken Myers (1896).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Oscar Micheaux ranks 449. Before him are James Burrows (1940), Alex Kurtzman (1973), Allison Anders (1954), Drew Goddard (1975), Dean Devlin (1962), and Lowell Thomas (1892). After him are Lisa Joy (1972), Michael Cuesta (1963), Barrie M. Osborne (1944), Robert Eggers (1983), Greg Mottola (1964), and Taylor Sheridan (1970).

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Filmography

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