Occupation-Filmmaker
Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950- )
Henry Louis Gates Jr. is an award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, and cultural critic. He was born on September 16,...
Thérèse Sita-Bella (1933-2006)
Thérèse Sita-Bella, born Thérèse Bella Mbida in 1933, was a Cameroonian film director who is widely acknowledged as the first...
Jessie Maple Patton (1937-2023)
Jessie Maple Patton, a pioneer for African American women in the film industry, was born on February 14, 1937, in...
Carlton Moss (1909-1997)
Screenwriter, filmmaker, actor, and social critic Carlton Moss was born in Newark, New Jersey, on February 14, 1909. The son...
Will Packer (1974- )
Will Packer is a film producer who was best known for producing the 94th Annual Academy Awards (the Oscars) on...
William D. Foster (1860-1940)
Born on September 16, 1860, William D. “Bill” Foster was a late 19th/ early 20th century showman who was among...
Ernest Roscoe Dickerson (1951- )
Ernest Roscoe Dickerson is an American director, cinematographer, and screenwriter. Most notably, he directed Juice (1992), which he co-wrote along...
Barry Jenkins (1979- )
Barry Jenkins is a film director, writer, producer, and screenwriter. In 2016, he won the Academy Award for Best Picture...
Euzhan Palcy (1958- )
In 1983, 25-year-old Euzhan Palcy became the first black woman to direct a film produced by a major Hollywood studio. Palcy was born...
