Charles Burnett

ActorDirectorWriterCinematographerEditor Apr 13 (age 81) Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA 1969–2022 (53 year career)

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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 Y…

Known For

Film

Killer of Sheep

Director

Film

These Amazing Shadows

Self

Film

To Sleep with Anger

Director

Film

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Self

Film

The Blues

Director

Film

My Brother's Wedding

Director

Film

The Glass Shield

Director

Film

Independent Lens

Director

Filmography

Acting (10)

Movies (9)

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

2022

as Self

6.3

Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts

2022

as Self

A Walk with Charles Burnett

2019

as Self

We Blew It

2017

as Self

5.2

Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA

2016

as Himself

Dreams Are Colder Than Death

2014

6.0

These Amazing Shadows

2011

as Self

7.4

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

2003

as Lucinda

6.1

Olivia's Story

2000

as Umpire

Television (1)

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

2011

as Self

7.7

Crew (71)

Movies (68)

Cinetracts '20

Director

Cinetracts '20

Story

The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution

2018

Director

42 One Dream Rush

Director

Relative Stranger

Director

Quiet as Kept

Director

Quiet as Kept

Director of Photography

Quiet as Kept

Editor

Quiet as Kept

Producer

Quiet as Kept

Writer

Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation

2007

Director

5.9

Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation

2007

Writer

5.9

Warming by the Devil's Fire

2003

Director

6.9

Warming by the Devil's Fire

2003

Writer

6.9

For Reel?

2003

Director

For Reel?

2003

Writer

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

2003

Director

6.1

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

2003

Writer

6.1

Finding Buck McHenry

2000

Director

Olivia's Story

2000

Director

Olivia's Story

2000

Editor

The Annihilation of Fish

Director

Selma, Lord, Selma

Director

The Wedding

Director

The Final Insult

Director

The Final Insult

1997

Director of Photography

The Final Insult

1997

Writer

Documenta X - Die Filme

1997

Director

Nightjohn

Director

When It Rains

Director

When It Rains

Writer

The Glass Shield

Director

The Glass Shield

Writer

Sa-I-Gu

Camera Operator

America Becoming

1991

Director

America Becoming

1991

Director of Photography

America Becoming

1991

Writer

To Sleep with Anger

Director

To Sleep with Anger

Writer

From Rags to Reality

Director of Photography

Crocodile Conspiracy

1986

Director of Photography

Bless Their Little Hearts

1984

Director of Photography

6.2

Bless Their Little Hearts

Writer

My Brother's Wedding

Director

My Brother's Wedding

Director of Photography

My Brother's Wedding

Producer

My Brother's Wedding

Writer

Illusions

Editor

A Different Image

Director of Photography

The Pocketbook

1980

Director of Photography

5.5

Your Children Come Back to You

1979

Director of Photography

Your Children Come Back to You

1979

Editor

Bush Mama

1979

Director of Photography

Killer of Sheep

Director

Killer of Sheep

Director of Photography

Killer of Sheep

Editor

Killer of Sheep

Producer

Killer of Sheep

Writer

Welcome Home Brother Charles

Camera Operator

The Horse

Director

The Horse

Editor

The Horse

Producer

The Horse

Writer

69 Pickup

Director of Photography

Several Friends

Director

Several Friends

Editor

Several Friends

Producer

Several Friends

Writer

Television (3)

The Blues

Director

The Blues

Writer

Independent Lens

Director