Directing · geboren 1944-04-13 · Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA

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.

Bekannt aus

• Schafe töten (1978) – Director
• These Amazing Shadows (2011) – Self
• The Story of Film - Die Geschichte des Kinos (2011) – Self
• To Sleep with Anger (1990) – Director
• Auf Ehre und Gewissen (1994) – Director
• Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022) – Self
• When It Rains (1995) – Director
• The Blues (2003) – Writer
• My Brother's Wedding (1985) – Director
• Illusions (1982) – Editor
• Bless Their Little Hearts (1984) – Writer
• The Annihilation of Fish (1999) – Director
• Terror Town (1975) – Camera Operator
• Independent Lens (1999) – Director
• Bush Mama (1979) – Director of Photography
• Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003) – Lucinda
• Selma, Lord, Selma (1999) – Director
• Namibia - Der Kampf um die Freiheit (2007) – Director
• Several Friends (1969) – Director
• The Horse (1973) – Director
• We Blew It (2017) – Self
• Das Ende der Nacht (1996) – Director
• Relative Stranger (2009) – Director
• Warming by the Devil's Fire (2003) – Director
• The Pocketbook (1980) – Director of Photography
• Hollywood Black (2024) – Self
• The Wedding (1998) – Director
• Quiet as Kept (2007) – Director
• 42 One Dream Rush (2010) – Director
• Guests of Hotel Astoria (1989) – Director of Photography
• Dreams Are Colder Than Death (2014) – Self
• Your Children Come Back to You (1979) – Editor
• Olivia's Story (2000) – Umpire
• From Rags to Reality (1989) – Director of Photography
• Documenta X - Die Filme (1997) – Director
• America Becoming (1991) – Director of Photography
• A Different Image (1982) – Director of Photography
• 69 Pickup (1969) – Director of Photography
• For Reel? (2003) – Writer
• Cinetracts '20 (2020) – Director