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.
Cast
These Amazing Shadows
Self
Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts
Self
Dreams Are Colder Than Death
Unknown
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
Olivia's Story
Umpire
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Lucinda
We Blew It
Self
A Walk with Charles Burnett
Self
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA
Himself
Crew
Killer of Sheep
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Your Children Come Back to You
Editor, Director of Photography
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Director, Writer
The Glass Shield
Director, Writer
My Brother's Wedding
Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
To Sleep with Anger
Director, Writer
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Director, Writer
When It Rains
Director, Writer
Several Friends
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
The Horse
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Director
Nightjohn
Director
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Director, Writer
Selma, Lord, Selma
Director
Bless Their Little Hearts
Writer, Director of Photography
The Wedding
Director
Quiet as Kept
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
The Annihilation of Fish
Director
From Rags to Reality
Director of Photography
Relative Stranger
Director
Documenta X - Die Filme
Director
Olivia's Story
Editor, Director
Illusions
Editor
Bush Mama
Director of Photography
The Pocketbook
Director of Photography
A Different Image
Director of Photography
69 Pickup
Director of Photography
The Final Insult
Director of Photography, Director, Writer
America Becoming
Director of Photography, Writer, Director
42 One Dream Rush
Director
For Reel?
Writer, Director
Sa-I-Gu
Camera Operator
Cinetracts '20
Director, Story
Crocodile Conspiracy
Director of Photography
Finding Buck McHenry
Director
Welcome Home Brother Charles
Camera Operator