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Charles Burnett
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.
As director
Cinetracts '20
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
42 One Dream Rush
Relative Stranger
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Quiet as Kept
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
For Reel?
Olivia's Story
Finding Buck McHenry
Selma, Lord, Selma
The Annihilation of Fish
The Wedding
Documenta X - Die Filme
The Final Insult
Nightjohn
When It Rains
The Glass Shield
America Becoming
To Sleep with Anger
My Brother's Wedding
Killer of Sheep
The Horse
Several Friends
