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Charles Burnett

Highest Rated: 100% Nightjohn (1996)

Lowest Rated: 67% The Annihilation of Fish (1999)

Birthday: Apr 13, 1944

Birthplace: Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA

Highly acclaimed, award-winning African-American independent filmmaker whose "Killer of Sheep" (made in 1973, first shown 1977) about the emotional and behavioral effects of his job on a Los Angeles slaughter-house worker, won multiple awards and, although it never received commercial release, was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

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Highest rated movies

100% 85% Nightjohn
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100% 67% Bless Their Little Hearts
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98% 84% Killer of Sheep
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89% 60% My Brother's Wedding
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89% 79% To Sleep With Anger
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68% 40% The Glass Shield
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67% 80% The Annihilation of Fish
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57% Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
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The Guests of Hotel Astoria
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Quiet as Kept
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet We Blew It Self - 2017
No Score Yet 43% Relative Stranger Director - 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Quiet as Kept Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer,
Cinematographer,
Film Editing 		- 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation Director,
Writer 		- 2007
No Score Yet 57% Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property Director,
Writer 		- 2003
No Score Yet 81% Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues: A Musical Journey Director - 2002
No Score Yet 67% Finding Buck McHenry Director - 2000
No Score Yet 93% Selma, Lord, Selma Director - 1999
67% 80% The Annihilation of Fish Director $2.2K 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Final Insult Director - 1997
100% 85% Nightjohn Director - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet When It Rains Director - 1995
68% 40% The Glass Shield Director,
Writer 		$2.5M 1994
89% 79% To Sleep With Anger Director $1.2M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Guests of Hotel Astoria Cinematographer - 1989
100% 67% Bless Their Little Hearts Screenwriter,
Cinematographer 		- 1984
89% 60% My Brother's Wedding Director,
Writer,
Producer,
Cinematographer 		$8.2K 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Different Image Cinematographer - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Illusions Film Editing - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Pocketbook Cinematographer - 1980
No Score Yet 71% Bush Mama Cinematographer - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Your Children Come Back to You Cinematographer,
Film Editing 		- 1979
98% 84% Killer of Sheep Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer,
Cinematographer,
Film Editing 		$339.9K 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Horse Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Several Friends Director - 1969

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wedding Director 1998