Bill Gunn
Writing
- Born
- July 15, 1934 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- April 5, 1989 (age 54)
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.
Known for
Behind the camera7
- 2015Da Sweet Blood of Jesus Writer
- 1980Personal Problems Director, Editor
- 1973Blood Couple Director, Writer
- 1973Ganja & Hess Writer, Director
- 1970The Angel Levine Writer
- 1970The Landlord Screenplay
- 1970Stop! Writer, Director
Acting11
- 1983Montgomery Clift as Self
- 1982Losing Ground