Oscar Micheaux

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Read Next

Vandalized Art list. Combo of EB owned illustration (top) and parent Asset 182294. 4 of 11 The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velazquez was hit with a meat cleaver by Mary Richardson

Art Abuse: 11 Vandalized Works of Art

Painting palette with oil paints and brushes. Rainbow colored paints, arts and entertainment

Art History: The Origins of 7 of Your Favorite Art Supplies

Bag end on Bagshot row from the movies Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit in Hobbiton, New Zealand, Australia

You Ought to Be in Pictures: 8 Filming Locations You Can Actually Visit

Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel

Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries

Sculpture of woman before restoration (left) and after restoration on the exterior of an office building in Palencia, Spain. (art restoration)

5 Art Restorations Gone Wrong

Discover

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Why Are There Only 28 Days in February?

Periodical Cicada, Adult, Magicicada spp. Requires 17 years to complete development. Nymph splits its skin, and transforms into an adult. Feeds on sap of tree roots. Northern Illinois Brood. This brood is the largest emergence of cicadas anywhere

Why Do Some Cicadas Appear Only Every 17 Years?

9 of the World’s Deadliest Spiders

Alexandria, Egypt - September 12, 2014 - Wedding Bridesmaids Competition, reward for Best Bridesmaids for participation in competitions. Prize for victory

Who Votes for the Academy Awards?

Illustration by the CDC, reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes on the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus,

The Top COVID-19 Vaccine Myths Spreading Online

Communism - mosaic hammer and sickle with star on the Pavilion of Ukraine at the All Russia Exhibition Centre (also known as VDNKh) in Moscow. Communist symbol of the former Soviet Union. USSR

Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?

Oscar Micheaux: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As	Oscar Devereaux Micheaux
Born	January 2, 1884 • Metropolis • Illinois
Died	March 25, 1951 (aged 67) • Charlotte • North Carolina

Tyler Perry

American playwright, actor, screenwriter, producer, and director

Melvin Van Peebles

American author and filmmaker

Orson Welles

American actor, director, and writer

Martin Scorsese

American director

Huston, John; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

John Huston

American director, writer, and actor

Billy Wilder

American director and producer

Francis Ford Coppola

American director and screenwriter

Stanley Kubrick

American director

Elia Kazan

American director and author

Blake Edwards

American film director, producer, and screenwriter

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

American filmmaker

Leo McCarey

American director

Mel Brooks

American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor

George Lucas

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Peter Bogdanovich

American film director

Alan J. Pakula

American director, producer, and writer

Ben Affleck

American actor, writer, and director

Ryan Murphy

American producer, director, and writer

Darren Aronofsky

American director, screenwriter, and producer

Barbra Streisand

American actress, singer, director, producer

Oscar Micheaux: Facts & Related Content

Facts

Related Biographies