Directing
Charles Burnett
Born Apr 13, 1944 · 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.
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Directed
Cinetracts '20
2020
Documentary · Drama
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
2018
Documentary
42 One Dream Rush
2010
Fantasy
Relative Stranger
2009
Drama · TV Movie
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007
Drama · History · War
Warming by the Devil's Fire
2003
Documentary · Music · Drama
The Blues
2003
Documentary
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
Documentary
Finding Buck McHenry
2000
Drama · Family
The Annihilation of Fish
1999
Drama · Romance · Comedy
Independent Lens
1999
Documentary
Selma, Lord, Selma
1999
Drama · TV Movie
The Wedding
1998
Romance · Drama · TV Movie
The Final Insult
1997
Documentary · Drama
Nightjohn
1996
Drama · TV Movie
When It Rains
1995
Drama · Music
The Glass Shield
1994
Drama · Action · Thriller
America Becoming
1991
Documentary
To Sleep with Anger
1990
Drama
My Brother's Wedding
1985
Drama
Killer of Sheep
1978
Drama
The Horse
1973
Drama · Western
Several Friends
1969
Drama
Written
Bless Their Little Hearts
1984
Drama
Acting
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
Documentary
Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts
2022
Documentary
A Walk with Charles Burnett
2019
Documentary
We Blew It
2017
Documentary
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA
2016
Documentary
