Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Micheaux Book & Film Company produced some films, he is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the twentieth century and the most prominent producer of race films. He produced both silent films and "talkies" after the industry changed to incorporate speaking actors.
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Films (44)
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
2021 · Archival footage
The Betrayal
1948 · Novel, Director
The Notorious Elinor Lee
1940 · Writer, Director, Producer
Lying Lips
1939 · Director, Writer, Producer
God's Step Children
1938 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
Swing!
1938 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
Birthright
1938 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
Underworld
1937 · Director, Producer, Writer
Murder In Harlem
1935 · Second detective (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer
Temptation
1935 · Director
Harlem After Midnight
1934 · Writer, Director
Black Magic
1932 · Director, Writer, Producer
Ten Minutes to Live
1932 · Officer 1, Director, Producer, Writer
The Girl from Chicago
1932 · Director, Writer, Producer
Veiled Aristocrats
1932 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
The Exile
1931 · Writer, Director, Novel, Producer
The Darktown Revue
1931 · Writer, Director, Producer
Easy Street
1930 · Writer, Director
A Daughter of the Congo
1930 · Director, Writer
When Men Betray
1929 · Director, Producer
Wages of Sin
1929 · Writer, Director
The Broken Violin
1928 · Writer, Director
Thirty Years Later
1928 · Director, Screenplay
The Millionaire
1927 · Writer, Director
The Spider's Web
1927 · Writer, Director
The House Behind the Cedars
1927 · Writer, Director
The Conjure Woman
1926 · Director, Writer
Body and Soul
1925 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Devil's Disciple
1925 · Writer, Director
Marcus Garland
1925 · Writer, Producer, Director
A Son of Satan
1924 · Writer, Director, Producer
Birthright
1924 · Director, Writer
The Virgin of the Seminole
1923 · Writer, Director
Deceit
1923 · Producer, Director
The Dungeon
1922 · Director, Producer, Writer
Uncle Jasper's Will
1922 · Writer, Director
The Hypocrite
1921 · Director
The Gunsaulus Mystery
1921 · Producer, Writer, Director
The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan
1920 · Director, Producer, Writer
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)
1920 · self
Within Our Gates
1920 · Writer, Director, Producer
The Brute
1920 · Writer, Director
The Homesteader
1919 · Novel, Producer, Screenplay, Director
Phantom of Kenwood
· Writer, Director
