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Oscar Micheaux

Highest Rated: 100% Within Our Gates (1920)

Lowest Rated: 86% Body and Soul (1925)

Birthday: Jan 2, 1884

Birthplace: Metropolis, Illinois, USA

The most prolific black--if not independent--filmmaker in American cinema, Oscar Micheaux wrote, produced and directed nearly forty feature-length films between 1919 and 1948. Despite his importance to black cinema, Micheaux remains an enigmatic and ignored figure; few of his films have survived. In addition, his controversial racial beliefs and technically inferior films make him difficult to interpolate within mainstream film history.

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100% 50% Within Our Gates
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86% 55% Body and Soul
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The Gunsaulus Mystery
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Harlem After Midnight
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Birthright
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The Betrayal
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The Exile
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The Darktown Revue
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Veiled Aristocrats
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Easy Street
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Oscar Micheaux THE EXILE, Nora Newsome, Stanley Morrell, (first talkie 'Race Film'), 1931 THE EXILE, Eunice Brooks, Nora Newsome, Stanley Morrell, (first talkie 'Race Film'), 1931 View more photos

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The Betrayal 1948 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Birthright 1939 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Lying Lips 1939 Director God's Step Children 33% 1938 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Swing 1938 Director, Producer Underworld 1937 Director Temptation 1936 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Murder in Harlem 1935 Director, Writer, Producer Harlem After Midnight 1934 Director, Screenwriter Veiled Aristocrats 1932 Director, Writer, Producer Ten Minutes to Live 1932 Director, Producer, Screenwriter The Girl From Chicago 33% 1932 Director, Producer, Screenwriter The Exile 1931 Director, Screenwriter The Darktown Revue 1931 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Easy Street 1930 Director, Screenwriter Thirty Years Later 1928 Director, Screenwriter, Producer The Spider's Web 1926 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Body and Soul 86% 55% 1925 Director, Screenwriter, Producer The House Behind the Cedars 1924 Director, Screenwriter, Producer The Gunsaulus Mystery 1921 Director, Screenwriter, Producer The Symbol of the Unconquered 22% 1920 Director, Producer, Screenwriter Within Our Gates 100% 50% 1920 Director, Producer, Screenwriter The Brute 1920 Director
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