Oscar Micheaux

Oscar Devereaux Micheaux January 2 1884 March 25 1951 was an American author film director and independent producer of more than 44 films Although the shortlived Micheaux Book Film Company produced some films he is regarded as the first major AfricanAmerican feature filmmaker the most successful AfricanAmerican filmmaker of the first half of the twentieth century and the most prominent producer of race films He produced both silent films and talkies after the industry changed to incorporate speaking actors Description above from the Wikipedia article Oscar Micheaux licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia