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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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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96% | 39% | Losing Ground | Victor (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 100% | No Score Yet | Personal Problems | Director | - | 1980 |
| 93% | 52% | 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% | 86% | The Outer Limits | Lt. James P. Willowmore (Character) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |