Bill Gunn

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-07-15 (55 years old)

Deathday

1989-04-05

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Bill Gunn

Biography

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 drama Johnnas won an Emmy award in 1972.

Acting

1973

Ganja & Hess

as George Meda

1982

Losing Ground

as Victor

1957

Crossroads

as Roy (uncredited)

1980

Personal Problems

as Mr. Damien

1966

Penelope

as Sgt. Rothschild

1983

1962

The Interns

as Rosco

Production

1973

Ganja & Hess

as Writer

1980

1970

1970

The Landlord

as Screenplay

1973

Ganja & Hess

as Director

1970

Stop!

as Writer

1970

Stop!

as Director

1980

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