Director
Charles Burnett
April 13, 1944 · Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
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.
Often works with
Carl Lumbly
6 titles together
To Sleep with Anger, Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property, Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
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Charles Bracy
4 titles together
Killer of Sheep, When It Rains, My Brother's Wedding
Sy Richardson
3 titles together
To Sleep with Anger, The Glass Shield, My Brother's Wedding
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Angela Burnett
3 titles together
Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, Bless Their Little Hearts
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Eugene Cherry
3 titles together
Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, Several Friends
Henry G. Sanders
2 titles together
Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding
Full filmography · 28
Cinetracts '20
Director
2020
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Director
2018
42 One Dream Rush
Director
2010
Relative Stranger
Director
2009Quiet as Kept
Director and Writer
2007
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Director and Writer
2007
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Director and Writer
2003For Reel?
Director and Writer
2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Lucinda and Director and Writer
2003
Finding Buck McHenry
Director
2000Olivia's Story
as Umpire and Director
2000
The Annihilation of Fish
Director
1999