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William Gunn

Highest Rated: 100% Personal Problems (1980)

Lowest Rated: 60% The Sound and the Fury (1959)

Birthday: Jul 15, 1929

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

This trailblazing black artist wrote plays and films that were noted for their subtle insights into the nature of racial relationships and their angry irony. Gunn achieved his greatest success with the independently-produced "Ganja and Hess" (1973), which began as a genre vampire movie and ended up an eloquent and disturbing mix of passions, class and African mythology. Although a success at Cannes that year, the film was widely ignored in the USA, having been recut by its producers.

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Highest rated movies

100% Personal Problems
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96% 37% Losing Ground
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93% 53% Ganja & Hess
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93% 79% The Landlord
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60% 44% The Sound and the Fury
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63% Penelope
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
96% 37% Losing Ground Victor (Character) - 1982
100% No Score Yet Personal Problems Director - 1980
93% 53% Ganja & Hess George (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter
$18.9K 1973
93% 79% The Landlord Screenwriter - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stop Director,
Screenwriter
- 1970
No Score Yet 63% Penelope Sergeant Rothschild (Character) - 1966
60% 44% The Sound and the Fury T.P., Dilsey's Grandson (Character) - 1959

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tarzan Metusa (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Avery (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
92% 92% The Outer Limits Lt. James P. Willowmore (Character) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Route 66 Unknown (Guest Star) 1961