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
all 17
Movies 14
Writer 3
TV Shows 3
Director 2
self 1
Director
Personal Problems (1980)
Movie
George Meda
Ganja & Hess (1973)
Movie
Writer
The Landlord (1970)
Movie
Director
Stop! (1970)
Movie
Sgt. Rothschild
Penelope (1966)
Movie
Lt. James P. Willowmore
The Outer Limits (1963)
TV
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Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1934-07-15
Deathday1989-04-05 (54 years old)
Birth PlacePhiladelphia, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsWilliam Gunn
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
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