FILM DIRECTOR

Oscar Micheaux

1884 - 1951

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Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (US: ; January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled by black filmmakers, Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, a prominent producer of race films, and has been described as "the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the 20th century". He produced both silent films and sound films. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Oscar Micheaux is the 1,734th most popular film director (down from 1,570th in 2024), the 13,586th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,350th in 2019) and the 503rd most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Oscar Micheaux ranks 1,734 out of 2,041. Before him are Guy Maddin, Jessica Hausner, Bill Plympton, Sooraj Barjatya, Wang Xiaoshuai, and Ebrahim Alkazi. After him are John Carl Buechler, V. Shantaram, Mark Romanek, Stephen Norrington, Krzysztof Krauze, and Joe Carnahan.

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Among people born in 1884, Oscar Micheaux ranks 257. Before him are Stuart Holmes, Bessie Barriscale, John Francis Dillon, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, Richard Louis Duckett, and Lew Cody. After him are Norman Thomas, Sandy Turnbull, Sheridan Downey, and Charles Winninger. Among people deceased in 1951, Oscar Micheaux ranks 185. Before him are Mady Christians, Constant Lambert, Alfred Lindley, Gerald Logan, Mildred Bailey, and Cecil Green. After him are Nellie McClung, and Harry B. Liversedge.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Oscar Micheaux ranks 503. Before him are Don Mancini (1963), Brenda Chapman (1962), Lowell Thomas (1892), Joseph Pevney (1911), Stacy Peralta (1957), and Bill Plympton (1946). After him are John Carl Buechler (1952), Mark Romanek (1959), Joe Carnahan (1969), Davis Guggenheim (1963), Jack Smith (1932), and Jack Hannah (1913).

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