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

• 2026Black Lions – Roman Wolves — Self – Narrator, Director, Screenplay, Editor, Co-Producer
• 2018Footprints of Pan-Africanism — Producer
• 2013Venice 70: Future Reloaded — Director
• 2008Teza — Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
• 1999Adwa — Editor, Director, Producer
• 1994Imperfect Journey — Writer, Director
• 1993Sankofa — Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
• 1988Ouaga
• 1982Ashes and Embers — Director, Writer, Producer
• 1979Bush Mama — Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
• 1979Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000 — Director
• 1975Harvest: 3,000 Years — Director, Writer
• 1973As Above, So Below — Dess
• 1973Child of Resistance — Director
• 1971Hour Glass — Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor
• The Maroons — Director

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2016Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA — Himself