Charles Burnett
- Directing
- April 13, 1944 · 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
Filmography
- Hollywood Black · Self
- Is That Black Enough for You?!? · Self
- Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts · Self
- Cinetracts '20 · Director, Story
- 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 · Self
- 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, Editing
- Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation · Director, Writer
- Warming by the Devil's Fire · Director, Writer
- The Blues · Writer, Director
- For Reel? · Writer, Director
- Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property · Lucinda, Director
- Finding Buck McHenry · Director
- Olivia's Story · Umpire, Editing
- The Annihilation of Fish · Director
- Independent Lens · Director
- Selma, Lord, Selma · Director
- The Wedding · Director
- Documenta X - Die Filme · Director
- The Final Insult · Cinematography, Director
- Nightjohn · Director
- When It Rains · Director, Writer
- The Glass Shield · Director, Writer
- Sa-I-Gu · Camera Operator
- America Becoming · Cinematography, Writer
- To Sleep with Anger · Director, Writer
- Guests of Hotel Astoria · Cinematography
- From Rags to Reality · Cinematography
- Crocodile Conspiracy · Cinematography
- My Brother's Wedding · Director, Producer
- Bless Their Little Hearts · Writer, Cinematography
- Illusions · Editing
- A Different Image · Cinematography
- The Pocketbook · Cinematography
- Bush Mama · Cinematography
- Your Children Come Back to You · Editing, Cinematography
- Killer of Sheep · Director, Writer
- Welcome Home Brother Charles · Camera Operator
- The Horse · Director, Editing
- Several Friends · Writer, Director
- 69 Pickup · Cinematography