Charles Burnett
Directing
Born 1944-04-13
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
48 credits
Distinguished Service Order 1
Academy Honorary Award 1
Independent Spirit Award for Best Director 1
Maya Deren Award 1
Awards
Won 1 Distinguished Service Order Award
Distinguished Service Order 1 won
- — Distinguished Service Order Won
Academy Honorary Award 1 won
- 2018 Academy Honorary Award Won
Independent Spirit Award for Best Director 1 won
- 1991 Best Director Won To Sleep with Anger
Maya Deren Award 1 won
- 1991 Maya Deren Award Won
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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.
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Filmography
Directing
27 credits
Independent Lens
The Blues
The Glass Shield
Killer of Sheep
To Sleep with Anger
42 One Dream Rush
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
The Annihilation of Fish
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
The Wedding
Selma, Lord, Selma
Relative Stranger
Nightjohn
Finding Buck McHenry
Quiet as Kept
Several Friends
The Horse
Documenta X - Die Filme
Cinetracts '20
Warming by the Devil's Fire
My Brother's Wedding
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
For Reel?
When It Rains
The Final Insult
America Becoming
Olivia's Story
Other credits
18 credits
Killer of Sheep
From Rags to Reality
Illusions
Quiet as Kept
A Different Image
Several Friends
Guests of Hotel Astoria
The Horse
Bless Their Little Hearts
69 Pickup
Bush Mama
My Brother's Wedding
The Pocketbook
The Final Insult
America Becoming
Your Children Come Back to You
Olivia's Story
Crocodile Conspiracy
Writing
17 credits
The Blues
The Glass Shield
Killer of Sheep
To Sleep with Anger
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Quiet as Kept
Several Friends
The Horse
Cinetracts '20
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Bless Their Little Hearts
My Brother's Wedding
For Reel?
When It Rains
The Final Insult
America Becoming
Acting
13 credits
Hollywood Black
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
These Amazing Shadows
We Blew It
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA
Welcome Home Brother Charles
Dreams Are Colder Than Death
Sa-I-Gu
A Walk with Charles Burnett
Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts
Olivia's Story
Producing
5 credits
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