Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Black History Icon

Oscar Micheaux
1884-1951
Author, Filmmaker, Independent Producer


Oscar Devereaux Micheaux Produce more than 44 films and worked for the Lincoln Motion Picture Company. He is known as the most prolific Black Independent Filmmaker in American cinema. As an author he wrote seven novels with one novel being a national bestseller.

Films:Son of Satan(1922),The Spider Web(1926), Daughter of the Congo(1930),The Betrayal(1948)

Awards: Director's Guild of America Award, Golden Jubliee Special Award, Hollywood Walk of Fame

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