Haile Gerima
- Born
- March 4, 1946 (80 years old)
- Place of birth
- Gondor, Ethiopia
Biography
Haile Gerima (born March 4, 1946) is an Ethiopian Amhara filmmaker who lives and works in the United States. He is a leading member of the L.A. Rebellion film movement, also known as the Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers. Since 1975, Haile has been a film professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He is best known for Sankofa (1993), which won two awards. In 1970, he moved to California to attend the University of California where he earned Bachelor's and Master's of Fine Arts degrees in film. He was part of a generation of new black filmmakers who became known as the Los Angeles School of Black filmmakers, along with Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep), Jamaa Fanaka (Penitentiary), Ben Caldwell (I and I), Larry Clark and Julie Dash (Daughters of the Dust).
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Filmography
- —The MaroonsThe MaroonsFilm · Director
- 2026Black Lions – Roman WolvesFilm · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Co-Producer
- 2018Footprints of Pan-AfricanismFilm · Producer
- 2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedFilm · Director★ 5.0
- 2008TezaFilm · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor★ 7.6
- 1999AdwaFilm · Editor, Director, Producer
- 1994Imperfect JourneyFilm · Writer, Director
- 1993SankofaFilm · Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
- 1982Ashes and EmbersFilm · Director, Writer, Producer
- 1979Bush MamaFilm · Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
- 1979Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000Film · Director
- 1975Harvest: 3,000 YearsFilm · Director, Writer
- 1973Child of ResistanceFilm · Director
- 1971Hour GlassFilm · Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor
