Harry Arthur Gant (February 11, 1881 - July 26, 1967) was a cinematographer and film director whose work includes African American films. He directed for the Lincoln Motion Picture Company. He was the only white person at the film company.
Gant joined the Lincoln Motion Picture Company after meeting Noble Johnson on a Universal Pictures set. Gant worked at the film company while also continuing to work for a major studio. He was also a stockholder in the fledgling film company. UCLA has a photograph of Gant and Johnson.
Filmography Behind the Lines (1916), cinematographer The Secret of the Swamp (1916), cinematographer The Realization of a Negro's Ambition (1916), director The Trooper of Troop K (1916), director A Man's Duty (1919), director By Right of Birth (1921), director
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