Biography
Bill Gunn was an American playwright, novelist, actor and film director. His 1973 cult classic horror film Ganja and Hess was chosen as one of ten best American films of the decade at the Cannes Film Festival, 1973. In the New Yorker, film critic Richard Brody described him as being βa visionary filmmaker left on the sidelines of the most ostensibly liberated period of American filmmaking.β His drama Johnnas won an Emmy award in 1972.
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Filmography
all 15
Movies 13
Writer 3
Director 2
TV Shows 2
self 1
Writer
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)
Movie
Self
Montgomery Clift (1983)
Movie
Victor
Losing Ground (1982)
Movie
Director
Personal Problems (1980)
Movie
George Meda
Ganja & Hess (1973)
Movie
Writer
The Angel Levine (1970)
Movie
Writer
The Landlord (1970)
Movie
Director
Stop! (1970)
Movie
Sgt. Rothschild
Penelope (1966)
Movie
Namana
The Spy with My Face (1965)
Movie
Avery
The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Lt. James P. Willowmore
The Outer Limits (1963)
TV
7.4
Rosco
The Interns (1962)
Movie
T.P.
The Sound and the Fury (1959)
Movie
Roy
Crossroads (1957)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.12
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1957
1963
1970
1973
2014
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1934-07-15
Deathday1989-04-05 (54 years old)
Birth PlacePhiladelphia, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsWilliam Gunn
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
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