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Charles Burnett
Known for directing
Born April 13, 1944 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
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.
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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.
Movies and TV shows
Independent LensTV · 1999
Hollywood BlackTV · 2024
The BluesTV · 2003
The Story of Film: An OdysseyTV · 2011
The Glass ShieldMovie · 1994
To Sleep with AngerMovie · 1990
These Amazing ShadowsMovie · 2011
Is That Black Enough for You?!?Movie · 2022
42 One Dream RushMovie · 2010
We Blew ItMovie · 2017
NightjohnMovie · 1996
Killer of SheepMovie · 1978
Welcome Home Brother CharlesMovie · 1975
The Annihilation of FishMovie · 1999
Nat Turner: A Troublesome PropertyMovie · 2003
My Brother's WeddingMovie · 1985
Bless Their Little HeartsMovie · 1984
From Rags to RealityMovie · 1989
The WeddingMovie · 1998
Namibia: The Struggle for LiberationMovie · 2007
Dreams Are Colder Than DeathMovie · 2014
The HorseMovie · 1973
A Walk with Charles BurnettMovie · 2019
Selma, Lord, SelmaMovie · 1999
Several FriendsMovie · 1969
Finding Buck McHenryMovie · 2000
Warming by the Devil's FireMovie · 2003
Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de WattsMovie · 2022
Guests of Hotel AstoriaMovie · 1989
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights RevolutionMovie · 2018
Relative StrangerMovie · 2009
When It RainsMovie · 1995
The Final InsultMovie · 1997
IllusionsMovie · 1982
A Different ImageMovie · 1982
Bush MamaMovie · 1979
Cinetracts '20Movie · 2020
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLAMovie · 2016
America BecomingMovie · 1991
Crocodile ConspiracyMovie · 1986
Sa-I-GuMovie · 1993
Your Children Come Back to YouMovie · 1979
The PocketbookMovie · 1980