- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- April 13, 1944
- Place of Birth
- Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Charles Burnett
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.
Filmography
tvHollywood Black
2024 · Self
movieIs That Black Enough for You?!?
2022 · Self
movieCharles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts
2022 · Self
movieCinetracts '20
2020 · Director, Story
movieA Walk with Charles Burnett
2019 · Self
movieThe Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
2018 · Director
movieWe Blew It
2017 · Self
movieSpirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA
2016 · Himself
movieDreams Are Colder Than Death
2014 · Self
tvThe Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 · Self
movieThese Amazing Shadows
2011 · Self
movie42 One Dream Rush
2010 · Director
movieRelative Stranger
2009 · Director
Quiet as Kept
movieQuiet as Kept
2007 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
movieNamibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007 · Director, Writer
movieWarming by the Devil's Fire
2003 · Director, Writer
tvThe Blues
2003 · Writer, Director
For Reel?
movieFor Reel?
2003 · Writer, Director
movieNat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003 · Lucinda, Director, Writer
movieFinding Buck McHenry
2000 · Director
Olivia's Story
movieOlivia's Story
2000 · Umpire, Director, Editor
movieThe Annihilation of Fish
1999 · Director
tvIndependent Lens
1999 · Director
movieSelma, Lord, Selma
1999 · Director
movieThe Wedding
1998 · Director
Documenta X - Die Filme
movieDocumenta X - Die Filme
1997 · Director
movieThe Final Insult
1997 · Director of Photography, Writer
movieNightjohn
1996 · Director
movieWhen It Rains
1995 · Director, Writer
movieThe Glass Shield
1994 · Director, Writer
movieSa-I-Gu
1993 · Camera Operator
movieAmerica Becoming
1991 · Director of Photography, Writer
movieTo Sleep with Anger
1990 · Director, Writer
movieGuests of Hotel Astoria
1989 · Director of Photography
movieFrom Rags to Reality
1989 · Director of Photography
movieCrocodile Conspiracy
1986 · Director of Photography
movieBless Their Little Hearts
1984 · Writer, Director of Photography
movieMy Brother's Wedding
1983 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
movieIllusions
1982 · Editor
movieA Different Image
1982 · Director of Photography
movieThe Pocketbook
1980 · Director of Photography
movieBush Mama
1979 · Director of Photography
movieYour Children Come Back to You
1979 · Editor, Director of Photography
movieKiller of Sheep
1978 · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
movieWelcome Home Brother Charles
1975 · Camera Operator
movieThe Horse
1973 · Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
movieSeveral Friends
1969 · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
69 Pickup
movie69 Pickup
1969 · Director of Photography