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Bill Gunn is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 15 july 1934

Bill Gunn

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Nationality USA
Birth 15 july 1934
Death 5 april 1989 (at 54 years)
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship

Bill Gunn (born William Harrison Gunn; July 15, 1934 - April 5, 1989) 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. His drama Johnnas won an Emmy award in 1972.

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Duane Jones
Duane Jones
(2 films)
Marlene Clark
Marlene Clark
(2 films)
Spike Lee
Spike Lee
(1 films)
Mabel King
Mabel King
(1 films)
Leonard Jackson
Leonard Jackson
(1 films)
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Filmography of Bill Gunn (7 films)

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Actor

Losing Ground
Losing Ground (1982)
, 1h26
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Billie Allen, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones
Rating65% 3.2906653.2906653.2906653.2906653.290665
Ganja & Hess
Ganja & Hess (1973)
, 1h50
Directed by Bill Gunn
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Vampires in film
Actors Marlene Clark, Duane Jones, Bill Gunn, Leonard Jackson, Mabel King
Roles George Meda
Rating61% 3.096773.096773.096773.096773.09677
The film follows Dr. Hess Green (Duane Jones), a wealthy black anthropologist who is doing research on the Myrthians, an ancient African nation of blood drinkers. One night, while staying in Green's lavish mansion --richly decorated with African art--, Green's unstable assistant George Meda (writer/director Gunn), attempts suicide. Green successfully talks him down, but later that night Meda attacks and stabs Green with a Myrthian ceremonial dagger, and then kills himself. Green, discovering the body, drinks Meda's blood and becomes a vampire endowed with immortality and a need for fresh blood. Though he steals several bags of blood from a doctor's office, he quickly finds that he needs fresh victims.
Penelope
Penelope (1966)
, 1h37
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Natalie Wood, Ian Bannen, Peter Falk, Carl Ballantine, Jerome Cowan, Jonathan Winters
Roles Sergeant Rothschild
Rating61% 3.0978353.0978353.0978353.0978353.097835
Penelope Elcott (Natalie Wood) is the wife of wealthy banker James Elcott (Ian Bannen). Penelope decides to disguise herself as an old woman and rob her husband's bank. While the police, including Lieutenant Horatio Bixbee (Peter Falk), rush to get to the bank, Penelope escapes in a red wig and yellow suit. She donates some of the stolen money to a Salvation Army worker and donates the suit to a second-hand thrift shop. Con artists Sabada (Lila Kedrova) and Ducky (Lou Jacobi) immediately recognize the suit as an original designer outfit from Paris, and purchase it for a mere $7.
The Spy with My Face
The Spy with My Face (1965)
, 1h26
Directed by John Newland
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Robert Vaughn, Senta Berger, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, Sharon Farrell, Donald Harron
Roles Namana
Rating59% 2.9501852.9501852.9501852.9501852.950185
Mr. Waverly (Leo G. Carroll) gives U.N.C.L.E. agents Solo, Kuryakin, Arsene Coria (Fabrizio Mioni) from Italy, and Namana (Bill Gunn) from Liberia their assignment: they are to take a top secret code to a hidden location. After they leave, Waverly sends another agent, Australian Kitt Kittridge (Donald Harron), to follow them without their knowledge.

Director

Ganja & Hess
Ganja & Hess (1973)
, 1h50
Directed by Bill Gunn
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Vampires in film
Actors Marlene Clark, Duane Jones, Bill Gunn, Leonard Jackson, Mabel King
Rating61% 3.096773.096773.096773.096773.09677
The film follows Dr. Hess Green (Duane Jones), a wealthy black anthropologist who is doing research on the Myrthians, an ancient African nation of blood drinkers. One night, while staying in Green's lavish mansion --richly decorated with African art--, Green's unstable assistant George Meda (writer/director Gunn), attempts suicide. Green successfully talks him down, but later that night Meda attacks and stabs Green with a Myrthian ceremonial dagger, and then kills himself. Green, discovering the body, drinks Meda's blood and becomes a vampire endowed with immortality and a need for fresh blood. Though he steals several bags of blood from a doctor's office, he quickly finds that he needs fresh victims.

Scriptwriter

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2015)
, 2h3
Directed by Spike Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Romantic comedy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Comedy horror films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Michael K.Williams, Felicia Pearson, Zaraah Abrahams, Joie Lee, Cinqué Lee, Rami Malek
Rating45% 2.2646252.2646252.2646252.2646252.264625
The film opens with an unnamed dancer (Charles “Lil Buck” Riley) dancing in various locations around Brooklyn during the credit sequence.
Ganja & Hess
Ganja & Hess (1973)
, 1h50
Directed by Bill Gunn
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Vampires in film
Actors Marlene Clark, Duane Jones, Bill Gunn, Leonard Jackson, Mabel King
Rating61% 3.096773.096773.096773.096773.09677
The film follows Dr. Hess Green (Duane Jones), a wealthy black anthropologist who is doing research on the Myrthians, an ancient African nation of blood drinkers. One night, while staying in Green's lavish mansion --richly decorated with African art--, Green's unstable assistant George Meda (writer/director Gunn), attempts suicide. Green successfully talks him down, but later that night Meda attacks and stabs Green with a Myrthian ceremonial dagger, and then kills himself. Green, discovering the body, drinks Meda's blood and becomes a vampire endowed with immortality and a need for fresh blood. Though he steals several bags of blood from a doctor's office, he quickly finds that he needs fresh victims.
The Landlord
The Landlord (1970)
, 1h52
Directed by Hal Ashby
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Actors Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey, Louis Gossett Jr., Walter Brooke
Rating68% 3.441733.441733.441733.441733.44173
Elgar Enders (Beau Bridges), a man who lives off his parents' wealth, buys himself an inner-city tenement, in the transitional neighborhood of 1970 Park Slope, Brooklyn, planning to evict all the occupants and construct a luxury home for himself. However, once he ventures into the tenement, he gradually grows fond of the low-income black residents who dwell there. Enders decides to remain as the landlord, and help fix the apartment building. He rebels against his WASP upbringing, and to his parents' dismay, he romances two black women.