Director
Charles Burnett
Born April 13, 1944 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
25 films
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.
Read more
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.
Start here
The best way into Charles Burnett's work
First watchKiller of Sheep19786.6Their style at its most typical, and among their best-rated work.An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.View filmEssential films
Ranked by acclaim and reach
Filmography
25 films as director- 2020Cinetracts '20Director
- 2018The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights RevolutionDirector
- 201042 One Dream RushDirector
- 2009Relative StrangerDirector
- 2007Quiet as KeptDirector
- 2007Namibia: The Struggle for LiberationDirector
- 2003Warming by the Devil's FireDirector
- 2003For Reel?Director
- 2003Nat Turner: A Troublesome PropertyDirector
- 2000Finding Buck McHenryDirector
- 2000Olivia's StoryDirector
- 1999The Annihilation of FishDirector
- 1999Selma, Lord, SelmaDirector
- 1998The WeddingDirector
- 1997Documenta X - Die FilmeDirector
- 1997The Final InsultDirector
- 1996NightjohnDirector
- 1995When It RainsDirector
- 1994The Glass ShieldDirector
- 1991America BecomingDirector
- 1990To Sleep with AngerDirector
- 1985My Brother's WeddingDirector
- 1978Killer of SheepDirector
- 1973The HorseDirector
- 1969Several FriendsDirector