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BornJuly 15, 1934
DiedApril 5, 1989 (age 54)
Place of birthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Film credits10
Bill Gunn
DeceasedKnown for Writing
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 “a visionary filmmaker left on the sidelines of the most ostensibly liberated period of American filmmaking.” His drama Johnnas won an Emmy award in 1972.
Filmography
Montgomery Clift
1983
as Self
Losing Ground
1982
as Victor
Personal Problems
1980
as Mr. Damien
Ganja & Hess
1973
as George Meda
Penelope
1966
as Sgt. Rothschild
The Spy with My Face
1965
as Namana
The Interns
1962
as Rosco
The Sound and the Fury
1959
as T.P.
Crossroads
1957
as Roy (uncredited)
Baby Got Personal Problems
Unreleased
as Self