Charles Burnett
Directing
- Born
- April 13, 1944 (age 82) · Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
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
November 14, 1978
To Sleep with Anger
October 12, 1990
The Glass Shield
September 16, 1994
When It Rains
October 9, 1995
My Brother's Wedding
March 1, 1985
Illusions
August 30, 1982
Bless Their Little Hearts
December 12, 1984
The Annihilation of Fish
September 12, 1999
Welcome Home Brother Charles
November 21, 1975
Bush Mama
September 1, 1979
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
February 16, 2003
Selma, Lord, Selma
January 17, 1999
Behind the camera37
- 2020Cinetracts '20 Director, Story
- 2018The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution Director
- 201042 One Dream Rush Director
- 2009Relative Stranger Director
- 2007Quiet as Kept Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
- 2007Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation Director, Writer
- 2003Warming by the Devil's Fire Director, Writer
- 2003For Reel? Writer, Director
- 2003Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property Director, Writer
- 2000