Acting credits
10
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Charles Burnett
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 39Series: 4Crew credits: 34
TMDB ID: 97755
IMDb ID: nm0122344
Known for: Directing
Born: April 13, 1944
Age: 82
Place of birth: Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1969 - 2024
Years active: 56
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q1063846
Also known as
찰스 버넷
Other jobs
Director (20)Director of Photography (8)Camera Operator (2)Editor (2)Writer (2)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Charles Burnett.
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
2022 Movie
Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts
as Self
2022 Movie
Cinetracts '20
Director
2020 Movie
A Walk with Charles Burnett
as Self
2019 Movie
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Director
2018 Movie
We Blew It
as Self
2017 Movie
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA
as Himself
2016 Movie
Dreams Are Colder Than Death
as Self
2014 Movie
These Amazing Shadows
as Self
2011 Movie
42 One Dream Rush
Director
2010 Movie
Relative Stranger
Director
2009 Movie
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Director
2007 Movie
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Director
2003 Movie
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Lucinda
2003 Movie
Finding Buck McHenry
Director
2000 Movie
The Annihilation of Fish
Director
1999 Movie
Selma, Lord, Selma
Director
1999 Movie
The Wedding
Director
1998 Movie
The Final Insult
Director of Photography
1997 Movie
Nightjohn
Director
1996 Movie
When It Rains
Director
1995 Movie
The Glass Shield
Director
1994 Movie
Sa-I-Gu
Camera Operator
1993 Movie
America Becoming
Director of Photography
1991 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Charles Burnett.
Hollywood Black
as Self • 4 eps
2024 Series
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
The Blues
Writer • 1 eps
2003 Series
Independent Lens
Director • 1 eps
1999 Series