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Bill Gunn

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American playwright, screenwriter, film director and novelist (1934-1989)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1929-01-01
Died: 1989-04-05
Works: 12

Top works

Heralds of dawn
The owllight
The forbidden city
Rhinestone
Renaissance

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 17
Total plays: 102

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bill+Gunn">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key dates

Born: 1 January 1929
Died: 5 April 1989

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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

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1934 births 1989 deaths 20th-century African-American male actors 20th-century African-American writers 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American male writers African-American dramatists and playwrights African-American film directors African-American male writers American experimental filmmakers

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Guggenheim Fellowship

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P6886: English language
P485: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

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Film directors from Pennsylvania

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Writers from Philadelphia

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