Directing
11 titles
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.
Hollywood Black
2024
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts
2022
A Walk with Charles Burnett
2019
We Blew It
2017
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA
2016
Dreams Are Colder Than Death
2014
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
These Amazing Shadows
2011
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
Olivia's Story
2000