When he co-founded the Free Southern Theater company, director Gilbert Moses became an important pioneer of American black theater. Over the course of a career that encompassed work on stage, screen and television, Moses won numerous awards, including the Obie, for directing Imamu Amiri Baraka's Slave Ship (1969), and a 1975 New York Drama Critics Circle for Taking of Miss Janie. Some of Moses' television efforts include episodes of Roots, Benison and Law & Order. Moses only directed two movies: Wilier Dynamite (1974) and The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Born:
August 20, 1942
- Died:
April 14, 1995.
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Job Titles:
Director, Producer
Significant Others
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Companion: Eda Godel Hallinan. survived him
Milestones
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1974 Directed first feature, "Willie Dynamite"
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1977 First TV-movie as director, "The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened"
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1977 TV debut, directed episode of the acclaimed miniseries, "Roots"
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1979 Second and final feature, "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh"
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1987 Produced the PBS special, "Fussell's Landing"
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1991 Final producer credit, also directed the ABC Afterschool Special, "The Less Than Perfect Daughter"
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1992 Directed final TV fare, "Point of View", an episode of "Law & Order"
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Co-founder of the Free Southern Theater, a black theater group which toured the South during the 1960's; forced to leave the group due to death threats and internal arrests