Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
April 13, 1944 (81 years old)
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Also Known As
- 찰스 버넷
Charles Burnett
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
Directing
The Blues
Writer, Director
2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Director, Writer
2003
The Annihilation of Fish
Director
1999
Independent Lens
Director
1999
Selma, Lord, Selma
Director
1999
When It Rains
Director, Writer
1995
The Glass Shield
Director, Writer
1994
To Sleep with Anger
Director, Writer
1990
Bless Their Little Hearts
Writer, Director of Photography
1984
My Brother's Wedding
Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
1983
Illusions
Editor
1982
Bush Mama
Director of Photography
1979