Charles Burnett
Age: 80 | From: Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1944-04-13 12:47:32
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 74
TV Involvements: 4
Most Famous Work
Biography
Charles Burnett is an African-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.
Most Famous Work
Independent Lens
(1999) Director
The Blues
(2003) Director
The Glass Shield
(1994) Writer
To Sleep with Anger
(1990) Writer
Killer of Sheep
(1978) Writer
The Wedding
(1998) Director
Bless Their Little Hearts
(1984) Writer
Finding Buck McHenry
(2000) DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Self | |
| lui-même | ||
| 2019 | Self | |
| 2017 | Self | |
| 2014 | N/A | |
| 2011 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2003 | Lucinda | |
| 2000 | Umpire | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Director | |
| 2018 | Director | |
| 2009 | Director | |
| 2007 | Director | |
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| 2003 | Director | |
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| 2000 | Director | |
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| 1999 | Director | |
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| 1998 | Director | |
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| 1997 | Director | |
| 1996 | Director | |
| 1995 | Director | |
| 1994 | Director | |
| 1991 | Director | |
| 1990 | Director | |
| 1983 | Director | |
| 1978 | Director | |
| 1973 | Director | |
| 1969 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Director of Photography | |
| 1998 | Director of Photography | |
| 1993 | Camera Operator | |
| 1991 | Director of Photography | |
| 1989 | Director of Photography | |
| 1986 | Director of Photography | |
| 1984 | Director of Photography | |
| 1983 | Director of Photography | |
| 1982 | Director of Photography | |
| 1980 | Director of Photography | |
| 1979 | Director of Photography | |
| Director of Photography | ||
| 1978 | Director of Photography | |
| 1969 | Director of Photography | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Editor | |
| 2000 | Editor | |
| 1982 | Editor | |
| 1979 | Editor | |
| 1978 | Editor | |
| 1973 | Editor | |
| 1969 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Producer | |
| 1983 | Producer | |
| 1978 | Producer | |
| 1973 | Producer | |
| 1969 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| 2003 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| Writer | ||
| Writer | ||
| 1998 | Writer | |
| 1995 | Writer | |
| 1994 | Writer | |
| 1991 | Writer | |
| 1990 | Writer | |
| 1984 | Writer | |
| 1983 | Writer | |
| 1978 | Writer | |
| 1973 | Writer | |
| 1969 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |