Haile Gerima
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 4, 1946
- Birthplace
- Gondor, Ethiopia
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).
Filmography
- The Maroons
The Maroons TBA
Director
Black Lions – Roman Wolves 2026
as Self – Narrator, Director, Screenplay, Editor, Co-Producer
Footprints of Pan-Africanism 2018
Producer
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA 2016
as Himself
Venice 70: Future Reloaded 2013
Actor, Director
Teza 2008
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
Adwa 1999
Director, Editor, Producer
Imperfect Journey 1994
Actor, Director, Writer
Sankofa 1993
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- Ouaga
Ouaga 1988
Actor
Ashes and Embers 1982
Director, Writer, Producer
Bush Mama 1979
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000 1979
Director
Harvest: 3,000 Years 1975
Director, Writer
Child of Resistance 1973
Director
As Above, So Below 1973
as Dess
Hour Glass 1971
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor
Credits from TMDB.