Oscar Micheaux
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 2, 1884, Metropolis, Illinois, USA
- Died
- March 25, 1951
- Movies
- 45
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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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2021 | Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking | Archival footage |
| 1935 | Murder In Harlem | Second detective (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Ten Minutes to Live | Officer 1 |
| 1920 | Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7) | self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1948 | The Betrayal | Director |
| 1940 | The Notorious Elinor Lee | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1939 | Lying Lips | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1938 | God's Step Children | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1938 | Swing! | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1938 | Birthright | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1937 | Underworld | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1935 | Murder In Harlem | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1935 | Temptation | Director |
| 1934 | Harlem After Midnight | Director, Writer |
| 1932 | Black Magic | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1932 | Ten Minutes to Live | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1932 | The Girl from Chicago | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1932 | Veiled Aristocrats | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1931 | The Exile | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1931 | The Darktown Revue | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1930 | Easy Street | Director, Writer |
| 1930 | A Daughter of the Congo | Director, Writer |
| 1929 | When Men Betray | Director, Producer |
| 1929 | Wages of Sin | Writer, Director |
| 1928 | The Broken Violin | Writer, Director |
| 1928 | Thirty Years Later | Screenplay, Director |
| 1927 | The Millionaire | Writer, Director |
| 1927 | The Spider's Web | Director, Writer |
| 1927 | The House Behind the Cedars | Writer, Director |
| 1926 | The Conjure Woman | Director, Writer |
| 1925 | Body and Soul | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1925 | The Devil's Disciple | Director, Writer |
| 1925 | Marcus Garland | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1924 | A Son of Satan | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1924 | Birthright | Director, Writer |
| 1923 | The Virgin of the Seminole | Writer, Director |
| 1923 | Deceit | Producer, Director |
| 1922 | The Dungeon | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1922 | Uncle Jasper's Will | Writer, Director |
| 1921 | The Hypocrite | Director |
| 1921 | The Gunsaulus Mystery | Producer, Writer, Director |
| 1920 | The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1920 | Within Our Gates | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1920 | The Brute | Writer, Director |
| 1919 | The Homesteader | Screenplay, Producer, Director |
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