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Bill Gunn
Sign in to saveAlso known as William Harrison Gunn, William Gunn
American playwright, screenwriter, film director and novelist (1934-1989)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Heralds of dawn
- The owllight
- The forbidden city
- Rhinestone
- Renaissance
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Film & TV
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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…
Known for
- The Cosby Show — Homer1984
- Montgomery Clift — Self1983
- Losing Ground — Victor1982
- Personal Problems — Mr. Damien1980
- Ganja & Hess — George Meda1973
- Penelope — Sgt. Rothschild1966
- The Spy with My Face — Namana1965
- The Fugitive — Avery1963
- The Outer Limits — Lt. James P. Willowmore1963
- The Interns — Rosco1962
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Buffalo
- Active from
- 1934
- Active to
- 1989
boom bapdrumless hip hopeast coast hip hopgangsta raphardcore hip hophip hop
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 17
- Total plays
- 102
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bill
- Family name
- Gunn
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Nyack
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1929-01-01
- date of death
- 1989-04-05
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- writing language
- English language
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