Charles Burnett
Known for Directing
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
The Glass Shield
1994
Director
The Annihilation of Fish
1999
Director
Killer of Sheep
1978
Director
The Wedding
1998
Director
To Sleep with Anger
1990
Director
Nightjohn
1996
Director
Several Friends
1969
Director
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
Director
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007
Director
42 One Dream Rush
2010
Director
Relative Stranger
2009
Director
Finding Buck McHenry
2000
Director
The Horse
1973
Director
My Brother's Wedding
1983
Director
Selma, Lord, Selma
1999
Director
Warming by the Devil's Fire
2003
Director
The Final Insult
1997
Director
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
2018
Director
For Reel?
2003
Director
Documenta X - Die Filme
1997
Director