Charles Burnett
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.
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Movies (43)
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
2022
Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts
as Self
2022
Cinetracts '20
Director (Directing)
2020
A Walk with Charles Burnett
as Self
2019
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Director (Directing)
2018
We Blew It
as Self
2017
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA
as Himself
2016
Dreams Are Colder Than Death
2014
These Amazing Shadows
as Self
2011
42 One Dream Rush
Director (Directing)
2010
Relative Stranger
Director (Directing)
2009
Quiet as Kept
Director (Directing)
2007
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Director (Directing)
2007
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Director (Directing)
2003
For Reel?
Writer (Writing)
2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Lucinda
2003
Finding Buck McHenry
Director (Directing)
2000
Olivia's Story
as Umpire
2000
The Annihilation of Fish
Director (Directing)
1999
Selma, Lord, Selma
Director (Directing)
1999
The Wedding
Director (Directing)
1998
Documenta X - Die Filme
Director (Directing)
1997
The Final Insult
Director of Photography (Camera)
1997
Nightjohn
Director (Directing)
1996
When It Rains
Director (Directing)
1995
The Glass Shield
Director (Directing)
1994
Sa-I-Gu
Camera Operator (Camera)
1993
America Becoming
Director of Photography (Camera)
1991
To Sleep with Anger
Director (Directing)
1990
From Rags to Reality
Director of Photography (Camera)
1989
Crocodile Conspiracy
Director of Photography (Camera)
1986
Bless Their Little Hearts
Writer (Writing)
1984
My Brother's Wedding
Director (Directing)
1983
Illusions
Editor (Editing)
1982
A Different Image
Director of Photography (Camera)
1982
The Pocketbook
Director of Photography (Camera)
1980
Bush Mama
Director of Photography (Camera)
1979
Your Children Come Back to You
Editor (Editing)
1979
Killer of Sheep
Director (Directing)
1978
Welcome Home Brother Charles
Camera Operator (Camera)
1975
The Horse
Director (Directing)
1973
Several Friends
Writer (Writing)
1969
69 Pickup
Director of Photography (Camera)
1969
