AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

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Oscar Micheaux

37 Titles in Filmography CAST | DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | WRITER

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DIRECTOR

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
THE HOMESTEADER
Dir
1919
THE BRUTE
Dir
1920
THE SYMBOL OF THE UNCONQUERED
Dir
1920
WITHIN OUR GATES
Dir
1920
THE GUNSAULUS MYSTERY
Dir
1921
THE VIRGIN OF SEMINOLE
Dir
1922
UNCLE JASPER'S WILL
Dir
1922
THE DUNGEON
Dir
1922
DECEIT
Dir
1923
BIRTHRIGHT
Dir
1924
THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS
Dir
1924
A SON OF SATAN
Dir
1924
BODY AND SOUL
Dir
1925
THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE
Dir
1925
THE CONJURE WOMAN
Dir
1926
THE SPIDER'S WEB
Dir
1926
THE BROKEN VIOLIN
Dir
1927
THE MILLIONAIRE
Dir
1927
THIRTY YEARS LATER
Dir
1928
THE WAGES OF SIN
Dir
1929
WHEN MEN BETRAY
Dir
1929
A DAUGHTER OF THE CONGO
Dir
1930
EASY STREET
Dir
1930
THE EXILE
Dir
1931
TEN MINUTES TO LIVE
Dir
1932
THE GIRL FROM CHICAGO
Dir
1932
VEILED ARISTOCRATS
Dir
1932
HARLEM AFTER MIDNIGHT
Dir
1934
LEM HAWKINS' CONFESSION
Dir
1935
UNDERWORLD
Dir
1937
SWING!
Dir
1938
GOD'S STEP CHILDREN
Dir
1938
BIRTHRIGHT
Dir
1938
LYING LIPS
Dir
1939
THE NOTORIOUS ELINOR LEE
Dir
1940
THE BETRAYAL
Dir
1948

PRODUCER

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
THE HOMESTEADER
Prod
1919
THE BRUTE
Prod
1920
THE SYMBOL OF THE UNCONQUERED
Prod
1920
WITHIN OUR GATES
Prod
1920
THE GUNSAULUS MYSTERY
Pres
1921
THE VIRGIN OF SEMINOLE
Pres
1922
THE DUNGEON
Pres
1922
DECEIT
Pres
1923
BIRTHRIGHT
Prod
1924
THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS
Prod
1924
A SON OF SATAN
Prod
1924
THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE
Prod
1925
THE CONJURE WOMAN
Prod
1926
THE SPIDER'S WEB
Prod
1926
THE MILLIONAIRE
Prod
1927
THIRTY YEARS LATER
Prod
1928
THE WAGES OF SIN
Prod
1929
WHEN MEN BETRAY
Prod
1929
EASY STREET
Pres
1930
LEM HAWKINS' CONFESSION
Prod
1935
TEMPTATION
Pres
1936
UNDERWORLD
Prod
1937
GOD'S STEP CHILDREN
Prod
1938
BIRTHRIGHT
Prod
1938
THE BETRAYAL
Prod
1948

WRITER

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
THE HOMESTEADER
Scen
1919
THE BRUTE
Scen
1920
THE SYMBOL OF THE UNCONQUERED
Scen
1920
WITHIN OUR GATES
Scen
1920
THE GUNSAULUS MYSTERY
Wrt
1921
THE DUNGEON
Story
1922
BIRTHRIGHT
Adpt
1924
THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS
Wrt
1924
A SON OF SATAN
Wrt and adpt
1924
THE MILLIONAIRE
Wrt
1927
THIRTY YEARS LATER
Wrt
1928
THE EXILE
Scr
1931
TEN MINUTES TO LIVE
Adpt and dial
1932
THE GIRL FROM CHICAGO
Story and adpt
1932
HARLEM AFTER MIDNIGHT
Wrt
1934
LEM HAWKINS' CONFESSION
Wrt
1935
UNDERWORLD
Wrt
1937
SWING!
Wrt
1938
BIRTHRIGHT
Adpt
1938
LYING LIPS
Wrt by
1939
THE NOTORIOUS ELINOR LEE
Wrt
1940
THE BETRAYAL
Scr
1948

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CREDIT
YEAR
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