Gordon Parks
- Directing
- November 30, 1912 · Fort Scott, Kansas, United States
- March 7, 2006
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Parks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Filmography
- Martin · Self, Director
- The World of Piri Thomas · Sequence Lead, Director
- How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
- The History Makers: Success · Self
- Unstoppable · Self
- BaadAsssss Cinema · Self
- Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks · Self
- Shaft · Lenox Lounge Patron
- Paul Robeson: Here I Stand · Self
- All Power to the People! · Self
- Lincoln · Henry H. Garnet (Voice)
- Solomon Northup's Odyssey · Director, Music
- Moments without Proper Names · Self, Music
- American Playhouse · Director, Music
- Leadbelly · Director
- The Super Cops · Director
- Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks · Self
- Shaft's Big Score! · Director, Music
- Shaft · Director
- Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location · Self
- My Father: Gordon Parks · Self, Music
- The Learning Tree · Director, Screenplay
- The Moviemakers · Self
- Diary of a Harlem Family · Self, Writer
- Flavio · Writer, Director
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self