Haile Gerima
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-03-04 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Gondor, Ethiopia
Also known As
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Haile Gerima
Biography
Haile Gerima (born March 4, 1946) is an Ethiopian Amhara filmmaker who lives and works in the United States. He is a leading member of the L.A. Rebellion film movement, also known as the Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers. Since 1975, Haile has been a film professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He is best known for Sankofa (1993), which won two awards. In 1970, he moved to California to attend the University of California where he earned Bachelor's and Master's of Fine Arts degrees in film. He was part of a generation of new black filmmakers who became known as the Los Angeles School of Black filmmakers, along with Charles Bur...
Acting
Production
2008
as Director
1993
as Director
1993
as Writer
1979
as Director
1975
as Director
1975
as Writer
1971
as Director
1971
as Producer
1971
as Director of Photography
1982
as Director
1982
as Writer
1973
as Director
1982
as Producer
1979
as Writer
1979
as Producer
1979
as Editor
2008
as Screenplay
1993
as Producer
1999
as Director
1999
as Editor
1999
as Producer
2013
as Director
1993
as Editor
1994
as Director
1994
as Writer
2017
as Producer
2008
as Editor
2008
as Producer
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as Director
1971
as Writer
1971
as Editor
1979
as Director
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