Charles Burnett
Director
39
Movies
4
TV Shows
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.
Behind the Camera
Independent Lens
Director
The Blues
Escritor, Director
The Glass Shield
Director, Escritor
42 One Dream Rush
Director
Killer of Sheep
Director, Escritor, Productor, Editor, Dir. de Fotografía
The Wedding
Director
Nunca Te Acuestes Enfadado
Director, Escritor
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Director, Escritor
The Annihilation of Fish
Director
Guests of Hotel Astoria
Dir. de Fotografía
Selma, Lord, Selma
Director
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Director, Escritor
Nightjohn
Director
America Becoming
Dir. de Fotografía, Director, Escritor
Crocodile Conspiracy
Dir. de Fotografía
Relative Stranger
Director
The Horse
Director, Escritor, Productor, Editor
Finding Buck McHenry
Director
When It Rains
Director, Escritor
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Director, Escritor
Cinetracts '20
Director, Historia
Welcome Home Brother Charles
Camera Operator
Bless Their Little Hearts
Escritor, Dir. de Fotografía
Bush Mama
Dir. de Fotografía
My Brother's Wedding
Director, Escritor, Productor, Dir. de Fotografía
Several Friends
Director, Escritor, Productor, Editor
From Rags to Reality
Dir. de Fotografía
A Different Image
Dir. de Fotografía
The Final Insult
Dir. de Fotografía, Director, Escritor
The Pocketbook
Dir. de Fotografía
As Actor/Actress
La Historia del Cine
Self
Hollywood Black
Self
These Amazing Shadows
Self
¿¡Soy lo bastante negro para ti!?
Self
We Blew It
Self
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Lucinda
A Walk with Charles Burnett
Self
Dreams Are Colder Than Death
Self
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA
Himself
Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts
Self