Charles Burnett

Directing·Apr 13, 1944·Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Is That Black Enough for You?!?2022 · Self	Self
Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts2022 · Self	Self
Cinetracts '202020 · Director	Director
A Walk with Charles Burnett2019 · Self	Self
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution2018 · Director	Director
We Blew It2017 · Self	Self
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA2016 · Himself	Himself
Dreams Are Colder Than Death2014 · Self	Self
These Amazing Shadows2011 · Self	Self
42 One Dream Rush2010 · Director	Director
Relative Stranger2009 · Director	Director
QQuiet as Kept2007 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation2007 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Warming by the Devil's Fire2003 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
FFor Reel?2003 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property2003 · Lucinda, Director, Writer	Lucinda, Director, Writer
Finding Buck McHenry2000 · Director	Director
OOlivia's Story2000 · Umpire, Director	Umpire, Director
The Annihilation of Fish1999 · Director	Director
Selma, Lord, Selma1999 · Director	Director
The Wedding1998 · Director	Director
DDocumenta X - Die Filme1997 · Director	Director
The Final Insult1997 · Director of Photography, Director, Writer	Director of Photography, Director, Writer
Nightjohn1996 · Director	Director
When It Rains1995 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Glass Shield1994 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
America Becoming1991 · Director of Photography, Director, Writer	Director of Photography, Director, Writer
To Sleep with Anger1990 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Guests of Hotel Astoria1989 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
From Rags to Reality1989 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Crocodile Conspiracy1986 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Bless Their Little Hearts1984 · Writer, Director of Photography	Writer, Director of Photography
My Brother's Wedding1983 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
A Different Image1982 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Pocketbook1980 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Bush Mama1979 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Your Children Come Back to You1979 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Killer of Sheep1978 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
The Horse1973 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Several Friends1969 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
669 Pickup1969 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography