Oscar Micheaux

Biography

Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Micheaux Book & Film Company produced some films, he is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the twentieth century and the most prominent producer of race films. He produced both silent films and "talkies" after the industry changed to incorporate speaking actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oscar Micheaux licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed

1. Within Our Gates (1920) — Director
2. Body and Soul (1925) — Director
3. Birthright (1938) — Director
4. The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920) — Director
5. The Exile (1931) — Director
6. Ten Minutes to Live (1932) — Director
7. God's Step Children (1938) — Director
8. Murder In Harlem (1935) — Director
9. Lying Lips (1939) — Director
10. The Darktown Revue (1931) — Director
11. The Girl from Chicago (1932) — Director
12. Veiled Aristocrats (1932) — Director
13. Swing! (1938) — Director
14. Underworld (1937) — Director
15. Harlem After Midnight (1934) — Director
16. The Dungeon (1922) — Director
17. The Brute (1920) — Director
18. The Homesteader (1919) — Director
19. The House Behind the Cedars (1927) — Director
20. A Daughter of the Congo (1930) — Director
21. The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940) — Director
22. Easy Street (1930) — Director
23. The Virgin of the Seminole (1923) — Director
24. Temptation (1935) — Director
25. When Men Betray (1929) — Director
26. The Broken Violin (1928) — Director
27. The Millionaire (1927) — Director
28. Thirty Years Later (1928) — Director
29. Wages of Sin (1929) — Director
30. The Hypocrite (1921) — Director
31. Black Magic (1932) — Director
32. The Conjure Woman (1926) — Director
33. The Devil's Disciple (1925) — Director
34. Marcus Garland (1925) — Director
35. The Betrayal (1948) — Director
36. Birthright (1924) — Director
37. Uncle Jasper's Will (1922) — Director
38. A Son of Satan (1924) — Director
39. Deceit (1923) — Director
40. The Spider's Web (1927) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Ten Minutes to Live (1932) — Officer 1
2. Murder In Harlem (1935) — Second detective (uncredited)
3. Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking (2021) — Archival footage
4. Hollywood Black (2024) — Self (archive footage)
5. Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7) (1920) — self