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William Harrison Gunn (July 15, 1934 – April 5, 1989) was an American playwright, novelist, actor and film director. His 1973 cult classic horror film Ganja & Hess was chosen as one of ten best American films of the decade at the Cannes Film Festival, 1973.
Bill Gunn (1929-1989) was a versatile and influential filmmaker who wrote and directed Stop! (1970) and Ganja & Hess (1973). He was also an actor, a friend of James Dean, and a jazz enthusiast.
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Apr 20, 2021 · The world still hasn’t caught up with Bill Gunn. Throughout his life (1934–1989), he railed against and within institutions that rarely accorded him the respect or the space needed by this searing, maximalist visionary. But he never ceased to strive.
Apr 19, 2023 · Bill Gunn's 1973 horror was revered at Cannes, but buried in the US – leading him to pen a famous letter about reviewers' racism. Now it's finally getting its due, writes...
Apr 7, 1989 · Bill Gunn, a playwright, screenwriter, novelist and actor, died Wednesday in Nyack (N.Y.) Hospital, one day before his play ''The Forbidden City'' opened at the Public...
Apr 28, 2016 · Nora Soto, Pre-Professional in our Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, celebrates the brilliance of filmmaker Bill Gunn, whose papers are now available in our collections: Bill Gunn, while too obscure for household name status, is regarded as an icon of black independent filmmaking.
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Today, Bill Gunn is most celebrated for his prolific work as both a writer—namely of 29 plays, two novels, and several screenplays—and as a director of three ground-shattering experimental films: the unreleased marital drama Stop!
