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Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (2 de enero de 1884 - Charlotte, Carolina del Norte 25 de marzo de 1951) fue un realizador y autor cinematográfico estadounidense, pionero en la realización de filmaciones sobre la vida de los afroamericanos.
Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (US: / m ɪ ˈ ʃ oʊ / ⓘ; (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films.
23 de abr. de 2024 · Oscar Micheaux (born January 2, 1884, Metropolis, Ill., U.S.—died March 25, 1951, Charlotte, N.C.) was a prolific African American producer and director who made films independently of the Hollywood film industry from the silent era until 1948.
Oscar Micheaux was the first African-American to produce a feature-length film and a sound feature-length film. He used his films to challenge racism, promote assimilation and raise the consciousness of African-Americans in the early 20th century.
The country's first major Black filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux (sometimes written as "Michaux"), directed and produced 44 films over the course of his career. Throughout the first half of the 20th century Micheaux depicted contemporary Black life and complex characters in his films, countering the negative on-screen portrayal of Blacks at the time.
1 de feb. de 2019 · Oscar Micheaux. A pioneering filmmaker prefiguring independent directors like Spike Lee and Tyler Perry. By MONICA DRAKE. Almost as soon as you settle in to watch the 1939 melodrama “Lying...
2 de may. de 2024 · To watch an Oscar Micheaux film is to see the miracle of a tragedy. Though Micheaux produced over forty pictures — spanning the silent era and through the advent of sound — only eighteen such works survive (nearly all of his silent pictures are considered lost).
