Charles Burnett
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 13, 1944 (age 82)
- Birthplace
- Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
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
Photos
Filmography
Cinetracts '20
Movie · Director
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Movie · Director
42 One Dream Rush
Movie · Director
Relative Stranger
Movie · Director
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Movie · Director
Quiet as Kept
Movie · Director
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Movie · Director
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Movie · Director
For Reel?
Movie · Director
The Blues
TV · Director · 1 ep
Olivia's Story
Movie · Director
Finding Buck McHenry
Movie · Director
Selma, Lord, Selma
Movie · Director
The Annihilation of Fish
Movie · Director
Independent Lens
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Wedding
Movie · Director
Documenta X - Die Filme
Movie · Director
The Final Insult
Movie · Director
Nightjohn
Movie · Director
When It Rains
Movie · Director
The Glass Shield
Movie · Director
America Becoming
Movie · Director
To Sleep with Anger
Movie · Director
My Brother's Wedding
Movie · Director
Killer of Sheep
Movie · Director
The Horse
Movie · Director
Several Friends
Movie · Director