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Charles Burnett

Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn April 13, 1944 (81 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Finding Buck McHenry

Known For

  • Killer of Sheep
  • To Sleep with Anger
  • The Glass Shield
  • My Brother's Wedding
  • Selma, Lord, Selma
  • Bless Their Little Hearts
  • When It Rains
  • The Wedding
  • Nightjohn
  • The Horse
  • The Blues
  • Several Friends
  • The Annihilation of Fish
  • Finding Buck McHenry
  • Relative Stranger
  • Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
  • Quiet as Kept
  • Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
  • The Final Insult
  • Independent Lens
  • Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
  • Playing with Fire

Filmography

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