Directing
Charles Burnett
FR, EN, DE, FA cinema · 44 credits
Born
13 April 1944 (age 82)
Birthplace
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Also known as 찰스 버넷
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.
Known for
Filmography
Cinetracts '20
Director, Story
We Blew It
as Self
42 One Dream Rush
Director
Relative Stranger
Director
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Director, Writer
Quiet as Kept
2007
Quiet as Kept
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Lucinda, Director, Writer
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Director, Writer
For Reel?
2003
For Reel?
Writer, Director
Olivia's Story
2000
Olivia's Story
as Umpire, Director, Editor
Finding Buck McHenry
Director
Selma, Lord, Selma
Director
The Wedding
Director
The Final Insult
Director of Photography, Director, Writer
Nightjohn
Director
When It Rains
Director, Writer
The Glass Shield
Director, Writer
Sa-I-Gu
Camera Operator
America Becoming
Director of Photography, Director, Writer
To Sleep with Anger
Director, Writer
From Rags to Reality
Director of Photography
Guests of Hotel Astoria
Director of Photography
Crocodile Conspiracy
Director of Photography
My Brother's Wedding
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Bless Their Little Hearts
Writer, Director of Photography
Illusions
Editor
A Different Image
Director of Photography
The Pocketbook
Director of Photography
Your Children Come Back to You
Editor, Director of Photography
Bush Mama
Director of Photography
Killer of Sheep
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
Welcome Home Brother Charles
Camera Operator
The Horse
Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
Several Friends
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
69 Pickup
1969
69 Pickup
Director of Photography