Person
Bill Gunn
Writing · 1934–1989 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known for
The Fugitive
Avery
The Cosby Show
Homer
The Outer Limits
Lt. James P. Willowmore
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Writer
The Spy with My Face
Namana
Penelope
Sgt. Rothschild
Personal Problems
Mr. Damien
The Landlord
Screenplay
The Sound and the Fury
T.P.
The Interns
Rosco
Filmography
- 2015Da Sweet Blood of JesusWriter
- 1984The Cosby ShowHomer
- 1983Montgomery CliftSelf
- 1982Losing GroundVictor
- 1980Personal ProblemsMr. Damien
- 1973Ganja & HessGeorge Meda
- 1970The Angel LevineWriter
- 1970The LandlordScreenplay
- 1970Stop!Director
- 1966PenelopeSgt. Rothschild
- 1965The Spy with My FaceNamana
- 1963The FugitiveAvery
- 1963The Outer LimitsLt. James P. Willowmore
- 1962The InternsRosco
- 1959The Sound and the FuryT.P.
- 1957CrossroadsRoy (uncredited)
- —Baby Got Personal ProblemsSelf
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