Oscar Micheaux | |
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 Micheaux c. 1913 | |
| Born | Oscar Devereaux Micheaux January 2, 1884 Metropolis, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | March 25, 1951 (aged 67) |
| Occupation(s) | Director, author |
| Spouse | Orlean McCracken
(m. 1910, divorced) |
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Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (US: /mɪˈʃoʊ/ ; (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,[1] 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".[2] He produced both silent films and sound films.
- ^ "The Lincoln Motion Picture Company a First for Black Cinema". African American Registry. May 24, 2005. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
- ^ Moos, Dan (2005). Outside America: Race, Ethnicity, and the Role of the American West in National Belonging. University Press of New England. p. 53. ISBN 9781584655060. Retrieved March 13, 2011.