Bill Gunn
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Losing Ground
as Victor
Personal Problems
as Mr. Damien
Ganja & Hess
as George Meda
Penelope
as Sgt. Rothschild
The Spy with My Face
as Namana
The Interns
as Rosco
The Sound and the Fury
as T.P.
Crossroads
as Roy (uncredited)
Crew Credits
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Writer
Personal Problems
Director
Ganja & Hess
Director
The Angel Levine
Writer
The Landlord
Screenplay
Stop!
Director