Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. is an American historian, literary critic, filmmaker and public intellectual who currently serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
Known For
| Birth Location | Keyser, West Virginia, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1950-09-16 |
Movies
2024
2022
John Lewis: Good Trouble
as Self
2020
Frontline: America's Great Divide
as Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)
2020
2019
America's Library
as Self
2018
Not Black Enough
as Self
2017
Birth of a Movement
as Self
2017
13th
as Self
2016
The Gettysburg Address
as Self
2015
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
as Self
2014
Looking for Lincoln
as Self - Host
2009
A Place of Our Own
as Self (as Henry Louis Gates)
2004
2003
Leaving Cleaver
as Self
1999
Color Adjustment
as Self
1992
Movies
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Executive Producer
2022
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Executive Producer
2021
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Executive Producer
2021
2019
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Executive Producer
2019
Looking for Lincoln
Executive Producer
2009
Looking for Lincoln
Writer
2009
Let the Church Say, Amen
Executive Producer
2003
Leaving Cleaver
Writer
1999
