Oscar Micheaux (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an African-American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled by black filmmakers, Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, a prominent producer of race film, and has been described as “the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the 20th century”. He produced both silent films and sound films when the industry changed to incorporate speaking actors.
Each new review will be linked to the title below.
(*seen originally in theaters)
(**seen rereleased in theaters)
- The Homesteader (1919) – lost
- Within Our Gates (1920)
- The Brute (1920) – lost
- The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920)
- The Gunsaulus Mystery (1921) – lost
- The Dungeon (1922) – lost
- The Hypocrite (1922) – lost
- Uncle Jasper’s Will (1922) – lost
- The Virgin of the Seminole (1922) – lost
- Deceit (1923) – lost
- Birthright (1924)
- A Son of Satan (1924) – lost
- Body and Soul (1925)
- Marcus Garland (1925) – lost
- The Conjure Woman (1926) – lost
- The Devil’s Disciple (1926)
- The Spider’s Web (1926)
- The Millionaire (1927)
- The Broken Violin (1927)
- The House Behind the Cedars (1927) – lost
- Thirty Years Later (1928)
- When Men Betray (1929) – lost
- The Wages of Sin (1929) – lost
- Easy Street (1930)
- A Daughter of the Congo (1930) – lost
- Darktown Revue (1931) – short
- The Exile (1931)
- Veiled Aristocrats (1932) – partially lost
- Ten Minutes to Live (1932)
- Black Magic (1932)
- The Girl from Chicago (1932)
- Ten Minutes to Kill (1933)
- Phantom of Kenwood (1933)
- Harlem After Midnight (1934) – lost
- Murder in Harlem (1935)
- Temptation (1936)
- Underworld (1937)
- God’s Step Children (1938)
- Swing! (1938)
- Lying Lips (1939)
- Birthright (1939)
- The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940)
- The Betrayal (1948) – lost
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