Charles Burnett
Director
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.
Filmography
These Amazing Shadows
as Self 2011
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self 2022
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Lucinda 2003
We Blew It
as Self 2017
Dreams Are Colder Than Death
2014
Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts
as Self 2022
Olivia's Story
as Umpire 2000
A Walk with Charles Burnett
as Self 2019