
Charles Burnett
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.
Acting (8 movies)

These Amazing Shadows
2011

Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts
2022

Dreams Are Colder Than Death
2014

Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003

We Blew It
2017

A Walk with Charles Burnett
2019

Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA
2016
Directing (25 movies)

Killer of Sheep
1978

Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007

The Glass Shield
1994

My Brother's Wedding
1983

To Sleep with Anger
1990

Warming by the Devil's Fire
2003

When It Rains
1995

Several Friends
1969

The Horse
1973

The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
2018

Nightjohn
1996

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003

Selma, Lord, Selma
1999

The Wedding
1998
Quiet as Kept
2007

The Annihilation of Fish
1999

Relative Stranger
2009
Documenta X - Die Filme
1997
Olivia's Story
2000

42 One Dream Rush
2010
For Reel?
2003

America Becoming
1991

The Final Insult
1997

Cinetracts '20
2020

Finding Buck McHenry
2000
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Several Friends | 1969 | Writer |
| Several Friends | 1969 | Producer |
| The Horse | 1973 | Producer |
| The Horse | 1973 | Writer |
| Killer of Sheep | 1978 | Writer |
| Killer of Sheep | 1978 | Producer |
| My Brother's Wedding | 1983 | Writer |
| My Brother's Wedding | 1983 | Producer |
| Bless Their Little Hearts | 1984 | Writer |
| To Sleep with Anger | 1990 | Writer |
| America Becoming | 1991 | Writer |
| The Glass Shield | 1994 | Writer |
| When It Rains | 1995 | Writer |
| The Final Insult | 1997 | Writer |
| Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | 2003 | Writer |
| For Reel? | 2003 | Writer |
| Warming by the Devil's Fire | 2003 | Writer |
| Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation | 2007 | Writer |
| Quiet as Kept | 2007 | Writer |
| Quiet as Kept | 2007 | Producer |