Charles Burnett

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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 Burn…

  • Directing
  • Born 13 April 1944 (age 82)
  • Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
  • 47 credits

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Most-watched Charles Burnett films currently: The Wedding (1998), To Sleep with Anger (1990), 42 One Dream Rush (2010), Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022), The Annihilation of Fish (1999).

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Selected TV credits: Independent Lens (1999), Hollywood Black (2024), The Blues (2003), The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011).

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