Gordon Parks
Directing
- Born
- November 30, 1912 · Fort Scott, Kansas, United States
- Died
- March 7, 2006 (age 93)
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Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft.
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Known for
Shaft
June 25, 1971
Shaft's Big Score!
June 21, 1972
The Learning Tree
August 6, 1969
The Super Cops
March 20, 1974
Leadbelly
May 28, 1976
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
September 21, 1991
Moments without Proper Names
January 1, 1987
Flavio
January 1, 1964
The World of Piri Thomas
July 7, 2021
Diary of a Harlem Family
January 1, 1968
My Father: Gordon Parks
December 31, 1969
Martin
February 14, 2026
Behind the camera12
- 2026Martin Director, Music, Writer
- 2021The World of Piri Thomas Sequence Lead, Director
- 1991Solomon Northup's Odyssey Director, Original Music Composer
- 1987Moments without Proper Names Music, Director, Writer, Orchestrator
- 1976Leadbelly Director
- 1974The Super Cops Director
- 1972Shaft's Big Score! Original Music Composer, Director
- 1971Shaft Director
- 1969My Father: Gordon Parks Music
- 1969The Learning Tree