Directing
Haile Gerima
EN, AM, IT cinema · 17 credits
Born
4 March 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Gondor, Ethiopia
Haile Gerima (born March 4, 1946) is an Ethiopian Amhara filmmaker who lives and works in the United States. He is a leading member of the L.A. Rebellion film movement, also known as the Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers. Since 1975, Haile has been a film professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He is best known for Sankofa (1993), which won two awards. In 1970, he moved to California to attend the University of California where he earned Bachelor's and Master's of Fine Arts degrees in film. He was part of a generation of new black filmmakers who became known as the Los Angeles School of Black filmmakers, along with Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep), Jamaa Fanaka (Penitentiary), Ben Caldwell (I and I), Larry Clark and Julie Dash (Daughters of the Dust).
Known for
Filmography
Black Lions – Roman Wolves
as Self – Narrator, Director, Screenplay, Editor, Co-Producer
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Actor, Director
Teza
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
Adwa
Editor, Producer, Director
Imperfect Journey
Actor, Writer, Director
Sankofa
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Ashes and Embers
Writer, Director, Producer
Bush Mama
Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
Harvest: 3,000 Years
Director, Writer
Child of Resistance
Director
Hour Glass
Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer