Bill Gunn
Writing
54 years oldPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USABiography
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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
William Gunn
Movies (13)
4.7
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Writer (Writing)
2015
3.8
Montgomery Clift
as Self
1983
6.1
Losing Ground
as Victor
1982
7.0
Personal Problems
as Mr. Damien
1980
5.8
Ganja & Hess
as George Meda
1973
5.1
The Angel Levine
Writer (Writing)
1970
5.8
The Landlord
Screenplay (Writing)
1970
4.4
Stop!
Writer (Writing)
1970
5.4
Penelope
as Sgt. Rothschild
1966
5.1
The Spy with My Face
as Namana
1965
5.4
The Interns
as Rosco
1962
6.6
The Sound and the Fury
as T.P.
1959
Crossroads
as Roy (uncredited)
1957
