Marlon Riggs
Personal Info:
KNOWN FOR
Directing
GENDER
male
BIRTHDAY
1957-02-03
DAY OF DEATH
1994-04-05
PLACE OF BIRTH
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
ALSO KNOWN AS
Marlon Troy RiggsMarlon T. Riggs
Marlon Riggs
BIOGRAPHY
Marlon Troy Riggs (February 3, 1957 – April 5, 1994) was an American filmmaker, educator (professor), poet, and gay rights activist. He produced, wrote, and directed several television documentaries, including Ethnic Notions, Tongues Untied, Color Adjustment, and Black is... Black Ain't. Riggs created aesthetically innovative and socially provocative films that examine past and present representations of race and sexuality in America. The Marlon Riggs Collection is now housed at Stanford University Libraries.
POPULAR MOVIES
acting
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1991
- 1990
production
- 1994
- 1993
- 1993
- 1992
- 1990
- 1990
- 1986
- 1981
directing
- 1994
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993
- 1992
- 1990
- 1990
- 1986
- 1981
writing
- 1993
- 1992
- 1990
- 1990
- 1986
editing
- 1990
- 1982
sound
- 1990
- 1982
camera
- 1990
- 1981