Blaxploitation film directors

The list Blaxploitation film directors includes Gordon Parks, Melvin Van Peebles, D'Urville Martin, Jack Starrett and Gordon Parks Jr.. The list consists of 14 members.

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Gordon Parks

American photographer

Overview: Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, musician, writer and film director, who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the ...

Date of birth: 30 November 1912

Date of death: 7 March 2006

Age: 93 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Photographer

Gender: Male

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People of the United States Office of War Information 175T

American portrait photographers 255T

Film directors from Kansas 29T
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Melvin Van Peebles

American actor and filmmaker (1932–2021)

Overview: Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, playwright, novelist and composer.

Date of birth: 21 August 1932

Date of death: 21 September 2021

Age: 89 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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2021 deaths 7,482T

20th-century American male writers 8,828T

Novelists from Illinois 373T
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Hookers in Revolt

American filmmaker

Overview: Sean Weathers (born January 14, 1980, in Jonestown, Guyana) is an American, New York City based, film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, casting director and actor. Weathers specializes in making ...

Release date: 5 February 2008

Director: Sean Weathers

Cast: Melissa Grimmond, Olivia Lopez, Osas Ighodaro, Sean Weathers, Bonsal Sandy, Jovan Roman

Producer: Sean Weathers, Aswad Issa

Hookers In Revolt (2006) - Tired of mistreatment from the hands of their pimps, a group of hookers ban...

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2000s crime thriller films 378T

African-American films 693T

Films about drugs 561T
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Gordon Parks Jr.

American film director

Overview: Gordon Roger Parks Jr. (December 7, 1934 – April 3, 1979) was an American film director, best known for the 1972 film Super Fly.

Date of birth: 7 December 1934

Date of death: 3 April 1979

Age: 44 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

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Film directors from Minnesota 60T

African-American film directors 274T

Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Kenya 10T
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D'Urville Martin

African American blaxsploitation actor/director

Overview: D'Urville Martin (February 11, 1939 – May 28, 1984) was an American actor and director in both film and television. He appeared in numerous 1970s movies in the blaxploitation genre. He also appeared in ...

Date of birth: 11 February 1939

Date of death: 28 May 1984

Age: 45 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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20th-century African-American people 6,215T

Male actors from New York City 2,000T

African-American male actors 1,473T
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Sean Weathers

American actor

Overview: Sean Weathers (born January 14, 1980 in Jonestown, Guyana) is an American, New York City based, film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, casting director and actor. Weathers specializes in making ...

Date of birth: 14 January 1980

Age: 45

Nationality: American

Occupation: Screenwriter

Gender: Male

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Film producers from New York (state) 633T

Screenwriters from New York (state) 1,242T

American male screenwriters 4,157T
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Jack Starrett

American actor

Overview: Claude Ennis "Jack" Starrett Jr. (November 2, 1936 – March 27, 1989) was an American actor and film director.

Date of birth: 2 November 1936

Date of death: 27 March 1989

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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People from Refugio, Texas 12T

20th-century American male actors 9,376T

American male television actors 10,441T
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Jack Hill

Film director

Overview: Jack Hill (born January 28, 1933) is an American film director in the exploitation film genre. Several of Hill's later films have been characterized as feminist works.

Date of birth: 28 January 1933

Age: 91

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

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Film directors from Texas 148T

UCLA Film School alumni 321T

Girls with guns films 176T
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Cirio H. Santiago

Filipino film director

Overview: Cirio H. Santiago (January 18, 1936 – September 26, 2008) was a prolific Filipino film producer, director, writer and cinematographer. He also uses the screen names: Cirio Santiago and Leonard Hermes.

Date of birth: 18 January 1936

Date of death: 26 September 2008

Age: 72 (age at death)

Nationality: Filipino

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

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Deaths from lung cancer in the Philippines 22T

Filipino film directors 158T

Cancer deaths in the Philippines 118T
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William Crain

American film and television director

Overview: William Crain (born June 20, 1949) is an American film and television director. He was one of the first black filmmakers from a major film school to achieve commercial success.

Date of birth: 20 June 1949

Age: 75

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

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Artists from Columbus, Ohio 43T

Film directors from Ohio 86T

African-American film directors 317T
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Cliff Roquemore

American writer

Overview: Cliff Roquemore (28 September 1948 – 5 February 2002) was an American writer, producer and director. Principally active in Detroit theater, he was also involved with the production of several blaxploitation ...

Date of birth: 28 September 1948

Date of death: 5 February 2002

Age: 53 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Playwright

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William Girdler

American film director

Overview: William Girdler (October 22, 1947 – January 21, 1978) was an American filmmaker. In a span of six years, from 1972 to 1978, he directed nine feature films in such genres as horror and action. Girdler ...

Date of birth: 22 October 1947

Date of death: 21 January 1978

Age: 30 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Writers from Louisville, Kentucky 164T

Film directors from Kentucky 38T

Accidental deaths in the Philippines 8T
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The Unfinished Works of Sean Weathers

American filmmaker

Overview: Sean Weathers (born January 14, 1980, in Jonestown, Guyana) is an American, New York City based, film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, casting director and actor. Weathers specializes in making ...

Director: Sean Weathers

Cast: Illa, Buddy Love, Carlito Rivera, Jeff Roches, Walid Smith, Michelle Soto

Producer: Sean Weathers, Aswad Issa

Compilation footage from Gangz vs. Cults, The Erotic Adventures of Samson & Delilah and Escape from Bloodbath Island.

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2011 direct-to-video films 51T

2011 films 3,073T

Direct-to-video films 675T
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Wendell Franklin

African-American film executive (1916–1994)

Overview: Wendell James Franklin (1916 – July 22, 1994) was an American film executive, who was the first Black member of the Directors Guild of America starting in 1960. He held several job roles in his career ...

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