Zora Neale Hurston
1891 - 1960 (age 69) • Writing
Zora Neale Hurston
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
Their Eyes Were Watching God
57%
Novel
2005
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
65%
Herself
1940
American Playhouse
66%
Theatre Play
1982
Fieldwork Footage
57%
1928
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
50%
Self (archive footage)
2023
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
80%
Self (archive footage)
2008
The Gilded Six Bits
70%
Writer
2001
Ethnographic Films
75%
Director
1929
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
50%
Self (archive footage)
2023
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
80%
Self (archive footage)
2008
Their Eyes Were Watching God
57%
Novel
2005
Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy
Self (archival)
2005
The Gilded Six Bits
70%
Writer
2001
American Playhouse
66%
Theatre Play
1982
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
65%
Herself
1940
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
65%
Director
1940
Ethnographic Films
75%
Director
1929
Fieldwork Footage
57%
1928
Fieldwork Footage
57%
Director
1928
Fieldwork Footage
57%
Director of Photography
1928
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves
Director
1928
Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves
Camera Operator
1928