Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Birthdate
1934-07-15
Day of Death
1989-04-05
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Bill Gunn
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.
Filmography (9)
⭐ 4.3
Role:
Self
Montgomery Clift
1983
⭐ 6.2
Role:
Victor
Losing Ground
1982
⭐ 7.3
Role:
Mr. Damien
Personal Problems
1980
⭐ 5.8
Role:
George Meda
Ganja & Hess
1973
⭐ 5.4
Role:
Sgt. Rothschild
Penelope
1966
⭐ 5.6
Role:
Namana
The Spy with My Face
1965
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Rosco
The Interns
1962
⭐ 6.7
Role:
T.P.
The Sound and the Fury
1959
⭐ 10.0
Role:
Roy (uncredited)