Actor

Charles Burnett

Directing

Career Snapshot

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Acting credits

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

2.1

Moderate attention

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Movies: 38Series: 3Crew credits: 33

TMDB ID: 97755

IMDb ID: nm0122344

Known for: Directing

Born: April 13, 1944

Age: 81

Place of birth: Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1969 - 2022

Years active: 54

Average TMDB rating: 6.46

Wikidata: Q1063846

Also known as

찰스 버넷

Other jobs

Director (20)Director of Photography (7)Camera Operator (2)Editor (2)Writer (2)

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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.