Charles Burnett
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.

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Relative Stranger (2009)
Director
Quiet as Kept (2007)
Director | Writer | Editor | Producer | Director of Photography
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007)
Director | Writer
Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
Director
Olivia's Story (2000)
Director | Editor
The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
Director
Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
Director
The Wedding (1998)
Director
Nightjohn (1996)
Director
When It Rains (1995)
Director | Writer
The Glass Shield (1994)
Director | Writer
To Sleep with Anger (1990)
Director | Writer
From Rags to Reality (1989)
Director of Photography
Crocodile Conspiracy (1986)
Director of Photography
Bless Their Little Hearts (1984)
Writer | Director of Photography
My Brother's Wedding (1983)
Director | Writer | Producer | Director of Photography
Illusions (1982)
Editor
A Different Image (1982)
Director of Photography
The Pocketbook (1980)
Director of Photography
Bush Mama (1979)
Director of Photography
Your Children Come Back to You (1979)
Director of Photography | Editor
Killer of Sheep (1978)
Director | Writer | Producer | Editor | Director of Photography
The Horse (1973)
Director | Writer | Producer | Editor
Several Friends (1969)
Director | Writer | Producer | Editor
69 Pickup (1969)
Director of Photography