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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.

Acting (8 movies)

7.4

These Amazing Shadows

2011

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Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts

2022

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Dreams Are Colder Than Death

2014

6.6

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

2022

6.1

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

2003

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We Blew It

2017

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A Walk with Charles Burnett

2019

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Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA

2016

Directing (25 movies)

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