Zora Neale Hurston
Personal Info
Known For Writer
Gender Female
Birthday 1891-01-07
Deathday 1960-01-28 (69 years old)
Place of Birth Notasulga, Alabama, USA
Zora Neale Hurston
Biography
Zora Neale Hurston was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937.
Known For
Writer
2005
Their Eyes Were Watching God
as Novel
2001
The Gilded Six Bits
as Writer
Actor
2023
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy
as Self (archival)
1940
Director
1940
1929
Ethnographic Films
as Director
1928
Fieldwork Footage
as Director
1928
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves
as Director
Camera
1928
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves
as Camera Operator