Charles Burnett
Directing
Charles Burnett is an American film director, producer, writer, editor, actor, photographer, and cinematographer. His most popular films include Killer of Sheep (1977), My Brotherâs 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 âone of Americaâs very best filmmakersâ, and by the New York Times as âthe nationâs least-known great filmmaker and most gifted black directorâ, Charles Burnett has had a long and diverse filmmaking career.
Behind the camera
2020Cinetracts '20
Director
2018The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Director
201042 One Dream Rush
Director
2009Relative Stranger
Director
2007Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Director & Writer
2003Warming by the Devil's Fire
Director & Writer
2003Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Director & Writer
2000Finding Buck McHenry
Director
1999Selma, Lord, Selma
Director
1999The Annihilation of Fish
Director
1998The Wedding
Director
1997The Final Insult
Director & Writer
1996Nightjohn
Director
1995When It Rains
Director & Writer
1994The Glass Shield
Director & Writer
1991America Becoming
Director & Writer
1990To Sleep with Anger
Director & Writer
1984Bless Their Little Hearts
Writer
1983My Brother's Wedding
Director & Writer
1978Killer of Sheep
Director & Writer
1973The Horse
Director & Writer
1969Several Friends
Director & Writer