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Date of Birth
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02-January-1884
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Place of Birth
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Metropolis
(Massac County, Illinois, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Oscar Devereaux Micheaux
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Profession
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Film director, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Author, Businessperson
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Oscar Devereaux Micheaux was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company produced some films, he is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the twentieth century and the most prominent producer of race films. He produced both silent films and "talkies" after the industry changed to incorporate speaking actors.
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