Writing
Bill Gunn
1934-1989
Known for Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, Ganja & Hess, The Landlord.
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Born07/15/1934
Died04/05/1989
AgeDied at 54
BirthplacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DepartmentWriting
Also known asWilliam Gunn
Biography
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.
