Oscar Micheaux
1884 - 1951
Metropolis, Illinois, USA
Director
Writer
Screenplay
Producer
Biography
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
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