Directed credits
27
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Charles Burnett
Directing
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TMDB popularity
2.1
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 26Directed series: 1All crew credits: 33
TMDB ID: 97755
IMDb ID: nm0122344
Known for: Directing
Born: April 13, 1944
Age: 81
Place of birth: Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1969 - 2022
Years active: 54
Average TMDB rating: 6.46
Wikidata: Q1063846
Also known as
찰스 버넷
Frequent jobs
Director (20)Director of Photography (7)Camera Operator (2)Editor (2)Writer (2)
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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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Charles Burnett.
6.0
Cinetracts '20
Director
2020 Movie
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Director
2018 Movie
5.0
42 One Dream Rush
Director
2010 Movie
4.4
Relative Stranger
Director
2009 Movie
5.9
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Director
2007 Movie
6.9
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Director
2003 Movie
6.1
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Director
2003 Movie
Finding Buck McHenry
Director
2000 Movie
6.3
The Annihilation of Fish
Director
1999 Movie
7.1
Selma, Lord, Selma
Director
1999 Movie
8.3
The Wedding
Director
1998 Movie
The Final Insult
Director of Photography
1997 Movie
5.6
Nightjohn
Director
1996 Movie
5.5
When It Rains
Director
1995 Movie
5.0
The Glass Shield
Director
1994 Movie
America Becoming
Director of Photography
1991 Movie
6.7
To Sleep with Anger
Director
1990 Movie
From Rags to Reality
Director of Photography
1989 Movie
Crocodile Conspiracy
Director of Photography
1986 Movie
6.9
My Brother's Wedding
Director
1983 Movie
A Different Image
Director of Photography
1982 Movie
5.5
The Pocketbook
Director of Photography
1980 Movie
6.7
Bush Mama
Director of Photography
1979 Movie
6.6
Killer of Sheep
Director
1978 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Charles Burnett.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Charles Burnett.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Charles Burnett.
5.6
The Horse
Director
1973 Movie
6.7
To Sleep with Anger
Director
1990 Movie
5.0
Several Friends
Director
1969 Movie
5.0
The Glass Shield
Director
1994 Movie
6.9
My Brother's Wedding
Director
1983 Movie
6.6
Killer of Sheep
Director
1978 Movie
6.3
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
2022 Movie
8.3
The Wedding
Director
1998 Movie
6.3
The Annihilation of Fish
Director
1999 Movie
7.4
These Amazing Shadows
as Self
2011 Movie
5.0
42 One Dream Rush
Director
2010 Movie
5.6
Nightjohn
Director
1996 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Charles Burnett.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Charles Burnett.
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Charles Burnett.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Charles Burnett.
6.3
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
2022 Movie
Charles Burnett : Le rebelle silencieux de Watts
as Self
2022 Movie
A Walk with Charles Burnett
as Self
2019 Movie
5.2
We Blew It
as Self
2017 Movie
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA
as Himself
2016 Movie
6.0
Dreams Are Colder Than Death
2014 Movie
7.4
These Amazing Shadows
as Self
2011 Movie
6.1
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Lucinda
2003 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Charles Burnett.