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Charles Burnett

Directing · Age 82

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TMDB ID
97755 ↗
Born
1944-04-13
Current age
82
Place of birth
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Known for
Directing

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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Filmography

Directing27
Writing17
Acting11
Cinematography and camera16
Editing7
Producing5