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Charles Burnett

Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn April 13, 1944 (82 years)
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

  • Killer of Sheep
  • To Sleep with Anger
  • The Glass Shield
  • My Brother's Wedding
  • The Blues
  • Bless Their Little Hearts
  • Selma, Lord, Selma
  • The Annihilation of Fish
  • When It Rains
  • The Wedding
  • Nightjohn
  • The Horse
  • Several Friends
  • Finding Buck McHenry
  • Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
  • Relative Stranger
  • Quiet as Kept
  • Independent Lens
  • Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
  • The Final Insult
  • American Family
  • Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
  • Playing with Fire

Filmography

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