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Haile Gerima
Ethiopian filmmaker
This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Haile, and not as Gerima.
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| Born | () March 4, (age&#;78) Gondar, Ethiopia |
| Alma&#;mater | Goodman School of Drama |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, film producer, screenwriter |
| Years&#;active | –present |
| Known&#;for | Sankofa |
| Spouse | Shirikiana Aina |
| Awards | – Best Cinematography Award for Sankofa, FESPACO, Burkina Faso etc |
Haile Gerima (born March 4, ) is an Ethiopian filmmaker who lives and works in the United States.
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He is a leading member of the L.A. Rebellion film movement, also known as the Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers.[1] Since , Haile has been a film professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He is best known for Sankofa (), which won two awards.
Early life
Gerima was born and raised in Gondar, Ethiopia. Haile is ethnic Amhara