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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Ganja & Hess
as George Meda
1973
The Spy with My Face
as Namana
1965
Losing Ground
as Victor
1982
Crossroads
as Roy (uncredited)
1957
Personal Problems
as Mr. Damien
1980
The Sound and the Fury
as T.P.
1959
Penelope
as Sgt. Rothschild
1966
The Interns
as Rosco
1962
Montgomery Clift
as Self
1983
Baby Got Personal Problems
as Self
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