Charles Burnett
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 13, 1944, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
- Movies
- 35
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2022 | Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self |
| 2022 | Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts | Self |
| 2019 | A Walk with Charles Burnett | Self |
| 2017 | We Blew It | Self |
| 2016 | Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA | Himself |
| 2014 | Dreams Are Colder Than Death | Self |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows | Self |
| 2003 | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | Lucinda |
| 2000 | Olivia's Story | Umpire |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2020 | Cinetracts '20 | Director |
| 2018 | The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution | Director |
| 2010 | 42 One Dream Rush | Director |
| 2009 | Relative Stranger | Director |
| 2007 | Quiet as Kept | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2007 | Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation | Director, Writer |
| 2003 | Warming by the Devil's Fire | Director, Writer |
| 2003 | For Reel? | Writer, Director |
| 2003 | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | Director, Writer |
| 2000 | Finding Buck McHenry | Director |
| 2000 | Olivia's Story | Director |
| 1999 | The Annihilation of Fish | Director |
| 1999 | Selma, Lord, Selma | Director |
| 1998 | The Wedding | Director |
| 1997 | Documenta X - Die Filme | Director |
| 1997 | The Final Insult | Director, Writer |
| 1996 | Nightjohn | Director |
| 1995 | When It Rains | Director, Writer |
| 1994 | The Glass Shield | Director, Writer |
| 1991 | America Becoming | Director, Writer |
| 1990 | To Sleep with Anger | Director, Writer |
| 1985 | My Brother's Wedding | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1984 | Bless Their Little Hearts | Writer |
| 1978 | Killer of Sheep | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1973 | The Horse | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1969 | Several Friends | Director, Writer, Producer |
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