About
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.
Filmography
Cinetracts '202020 · Director, Story
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution2018 · Director
42 One Dream Rush2010 · Director
Relative Stranger2009 · Director
Quiet as Kept2007 · Director, Editor, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation2007 · Director, Writer
Warming by the Devil's Fire2003 · Director, Writer
For Reel?2003 · Writer, Director
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property2003 · Director, Writer
Finding Buck McHenry2000 · Director
Olivia's Story2000 · Editor, Director
The Annihilation of Fish1999 · Director
Selma, Lord, Selma1999 · Director
The Wedding1998 · Director
Documenta X - Die Filme1997 · Director
The Final Insult1997 · Director of Photography, Writer
Nightjohn1996 · Director
When It Rains1995 · Director, Writer
The Glass Shield1994 · Director, Writer
Sa-I-Gu1993 · Camera Operator