Bill Gunn
American playwright, screenwriter, film director and novelist (1934-1989) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 54
William Harrison Gunn was an American playwright, novelist, actor and film director. His 1973 cult classic horror film Ganja & Hess was chosen as one of ten best American films of the decade at the Cannes Film Festival, 1973.
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Duane Jones Bill directed Ganja & Hess (1973)
Harry Belafonte Produced The Angel Levine (1970)
Norman Jewison Produced The Landlord (1970)
Hal Ashby Directed The Landlord (1970)
Ján Kadár Directed The Angel Levine (1970)
Ishmael Reed Produced Personal Problems (1980)- Walter Mirisch Produced The Landlord (1970)
Sam Waymon Also in Ganja & Hess and Personal Problems
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In The New Yorker, film critic Richard Brody described him as being "a visionary filmmaker left on the sidelines of the most ostensibly liberated period of American filmmaking." Filmmaker Spike Lee had said that Gunn is "one of the most under-appreciated filmmakers of his time." Gunn's drama Johnnas won an Emmy Award in 1972.
