Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 13, 1944
Place of Birth
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Credits
48 titles
Charles Burnett
Biography
Charles Burnett is an American film director, producer, writer, editor, actor, photographer, and cinematographer. His most popular films include Killer of Sheep (1977), My Brother’s Wedding (1983), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Glass Shield (1994), and Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007). He has been involved in other types of motion pictures including shorts, documentaries, and a TV series. Considered by the Chicago Tribune as “one of America’s very best filmmakers”, and by the New York Times as “the nation’s least-known great filmmaker and most gifted black director”, Charles Burnett has had a long and diverse filmmaking career.
Known For
Filmography
Hollywood Black
Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts
Self
Cinetracts '20
Director
A Walk with Charles Burnett
Self
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Director
We Blew It
Self
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA
Himself
Dreams Are Colder Than Death
Self
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
These Amazing Shadows
Self
42 One Dream Rush
Director
Relative Stranger
Director
Quiet as Kept
Director
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Director
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Director
The Blues
Writer
For Reel?
Director
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Lucinda
Finding Buck McHenry
Director
Olivia's Story
Umpire
The Annihilation of Fish
Director
Independent Lens
Director
Selma, Lord, Selma
Director
The Wedding
Director
Documenta X - Die Filme
Director
The Final Insult
Director of Photography
Nightjohn
Director
When It Rains
Director
The Glass Shield
Director
Sa-I-Gu
Camera Operator
America Becoming
Director of Photography
To Sleep with Anger
Director
Guests of Hotel Astoria
Director of Photography
From Rags to Reality
Director of Photography
Crocodile Conspiracy
Director of Photography
Bless Their Little Hearts
Writer
My Brother's Wedding
Director
A Different Image
Director of Photography
Illusions
Editor
The Pocketbook
Director of Photography
Bush Mama
Director of Photography
Your Children Come Back to You
Editor
Killer of Sheep
Director
Welcome Home Brother Charles
Camera Operator
The Horse
Director
Several Friends
Director
69 Pickup
Director of Photography