Complete Filmography

Malcolm X
1992
Screenplay
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he b...

Malcolm X
1972
Director, Associate Producer, Screenstory
James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the assassinated black leader through various sources.

Fiddler on the Roof
1971
Adaptation
In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism ...

The Sheriff
1971
Writer
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman rape...

Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970
Screenplay
Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of...
Tevye and His Seven Daughters
1968
Novel
Russia, 1905. Tuvia is the only Jew living in the village of Antevka. He is very poor but things change when, as a token of gratitude for a service re...
Die höhere Schule
1964
Writer

Gold for the Caesars
1963
Writer
A gladiator gets caught up in a slave revolt and the invasion of England.

Jazz on a Summer's Day
1960
Continuity, Writer
Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day ...

The World of Sholom Aleichem
1959
Writer
This omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and televisi...