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.
Filmography
all 46
Movies 43
Director 26
self 5
TV Shows 3
Writer 1
Producer 1
Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
Movie
lui-même
Charles Burnett and the L.A. rebellion (from Watts to Watts) (2022)
Movie
Director
Cinetracts '20 (2020)
Movie
Self
A Walk with Charles Burnett (2019)
Movie
Director
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution (2018)
Movie
Self
We Blew It (2017)
Movie
Dreams Are Colder Than Death (2014)
Movie
Self
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
TV
Self
These Amazing Shadows (2011)
Movie
Director
42 One Dream Rush (2010)
Movie
Director
Relative Stranger (2009)
Movie
Director
Quiet as Kept (2007)
Movie
Director
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007)
Movie
Director
Warming by the Devil's Fire (2003)
Movie
Director / Writer
The Blues (2003)
TV
Director
For Reel? (2003)
Movie
Lucinda
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003)
Movie
3.5
Director
Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
Movie
Umpire
Olivia's Story (2000)
Movie
Director
The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
Movie
Director
Independent Lens (1999)
TV
Director
Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
Movie
Director
The Wedding (1998)
Movie
Director
The Final Insult (1998)
Movie
Director
Documenta X - Die Filme (1997)
Movie
Director
Nightjohn (1996)
Movie
Director
When It Rains (1995)
Movie
3.5
Director
The Glass Shield (1994)
Movie
Camera Operator
Sa-I-Gu (1993)
Movie
Director
America Becoming (1991)
Movie
Director
To Sleep with Anger (1990)
Movie
Cinematographer
Guests of Hotel Astoria (1989)
Movie
Director of Photography
From Rags to Reality (1989)
Movie
Cinematographer
Crocodile Conspiracy (1986)
Movie
Writer
Bless Their Little Hearts (1984)
Movie
Director
My Brother's Wedding (1983)
Movie
Cinematographer
A Different Image (1982)
Movie
Editor
Illusions (1982)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Pocketbook (1980)
Movie
Cinematographer
Bush Mama (1979)
Movie
Cinematographer
Your Children Come Back to You (1979)
Movie
Director
Killer of Sheep (1978)
Movie
6
Director / Editor / Producer / Writer
The Horse (1973)
Movie
Director
Several Friends (1969)
Movie
Cinematographer
69 Pickup (1969)
Movie
Director
42 Second Dream
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.28
Based on 32.1 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1969
1989
1999
1995
2022
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1944-04-13 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceVicksburg, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesVicksburg · Los Angeles, United States of America
Also Known As찰스 버넷
AwardsMacArthur Fellows Program, Guggenheim Fellowship, Maya Deren Award, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay, Independent Spirit Award for Best Director, Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay, Academy Honorary Award, Distinguished Service Order
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