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Oscar Micheaux is considered the first major Black filmmaker who produced, wrote, and directed both silent and sound features starring all-Black casts and crews.

Alice B. Russell was an actress who went onto produce and crew some of the movies of her husband Oscar Micheaux.

James Wong Howe was an Asian-American cinematographer and innovator who shot many iconic classic films, including The Thin Man, The Prisoner of Zenda, The Rose Tattoo, and Hud. He pioneered new cinematic techniques and had a prolific career despite significant racist discrimination.

Dorothy Arzner was an editor, writer, and director who worked consistently from the silent era through the 1940s. She was the first woman to join the DGA and is credited with the invention of the boom mic.

Marion E. Wong established the Mandarin Film Company in Hollywood in 1916, with herself as the principal writer, director, producer, and designer for her feature film The Curse of Quon Gwon. She went on to work as an entertainer, performing in Hollywood cabaret and vaudeville.

Gail Patrick transitioned from a career as a conventional Hollywood starlet to become one of the first white female Hollywood producers, starting her own production company and producing the Perry Mason television series.

Tressie Souders, along with Maria P. Williams, is credited as the first Black female director. She was likely kept from having a more prominent career by the racist standards of old Hollywood, but went on to become a film lecturer and teacher.

Ida Lupino was an actress but also a writer, director, and producer, and is credited as the first woman to direct a film noir. Through her independent film company she was able to create films focusing on issues mainstream Hollywood usually ignored including unplanned for pregnancy, bigamy, and rape.

Marie Bryant was a dancer, choreographer, and teacher, as well as the first Black dancer to be credited as "assistant dance director." She developed her own style of dancing called "controlled release" and is responsible for coaching Vera-Ellen in the style of dance that led to her success. She was also responsible for choreographing (or assisting on) the Betty Grable films Wabash Avenue and Meet Me After the Show. Gene Kelly used her as an assistant and described her as "one of the finest dancers I've ever seen in my life."

Esther Eng was a Chinese-American producer and director, and the first female director to direct Chinese-language films in Hollywood. I don't know much about her beyond her Wikipedia page, but she was an out lesbian if you too would like to have some sapphic emotions right now.

Noble Johnson was a producer and character actor, producing his own all-Black-cast films at his own studio, the Lincoln Motion Picture Company, while simultaneously appearing in mainstream white Hollywood productions such as King Kong, Moby Dick, and The Mummy.

Maria P. Williams was an activist and writer who co-founded the Western Film Producing Company and wrote and produced her own films before her untimely death.

Resources I found helpful for further reading:

The Dance-In and the Re/production of White Corporeality, by Anthea Kraut (specifically for Marie Bryant)

African American Women in the Silent Film Industry, by Kyna Morgan, Aimee Dixon

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