Charles Burnett
Directing
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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Hollywood Black
2024
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
We Blew It
2017
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
These Amazing Shadows
2011
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
Dreams Are Colder Than Death
2014
A Walk with Charles Burnett
2019
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA
2016
Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts
2022
Olivia's Story
2000
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Independent Lens
1999
Killer of Sheep
1978
The Blues
2003
The Glass Shield
1994
42 One Dream Rush
2010
To Sleep with Anger
1990
Relative Stranger
2009
The Wedding
1998
For Reel?
2003
The Annihilation of Fish
1999
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007
Finding Buck McHenry
2000
Nightjohn
1996
From Rags to Reality
1989
Selma, Lord, Selma
1999
The Horse
1973
Several Friends
1969
My Brother's Wedding
1985
Welcome Home Brother Charles
1975
Documenta X - Die Filme
1997
69 Pickup
1969
Bless Their Little Hearts
1984
Illusions
1982
Quiet as Kept
2007
Sa-I-Gu
1993
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
Cinetracts '20
2020
A Different Image
1982
The Final Insult
1997
Guests of Hotel Astoria
1989
When It Rains
1995
Bush Mama
1979
Warming by the Devil's Fire
2003
America Becoming
1991
The Pocketbook
1980
Your Children Come Back to You
1979
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
2018
Crocodile Conspiracy
1986
Olivia's Story
2000