Director
Gordon Parks
November 30, 1912 · Fort Scott, Kansas, United States
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft.
Notable work
Often works with
Richard Roundtree
3 titles together
Shaft, Shaft, Shaft's Big Score!
Philip Bosco
2 titles together
Shaft, Lincoln
Pat Hingle
2 titles together
Shaft, The Super Cops
Moses Gunn
2 titles together
Shaft, Shaft's Big Score!
Drew Bundini Brown
2 titles together
Shaft, Shaft's Big Score!
Carole Lamond
2 titles together
The Learning Tree, Leadbelly
Full filmography · 12
The World of Piri Thomas
Director
2021
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
cast
2005
Shaft
as Lenox Lounge Patron
20006Lincoln
as Henry H. Garnet (voice)
1992
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
Director
1991
Leadbelly
Director
1976
The Super Cops
Director
19745.9
Shaft's Big Score!
Director
19726.1
Shaft
Director
19716.4
The Learning Tree
Director
19696.8
Flavio
Writer and Director
1964