Charles Burnett
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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Charles Burnett
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | We Blew It | Self | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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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 |
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Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property |
Director, Writer |
- | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues: A Musical Journey | Director | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Finding Buck McHenry | Director | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Selma, Lord, Selma | Director | - | 1999 |
67% |
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The Annihilation of Fish | Director | $2.2K | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Final Insult | Director | - | 1997 |
100% |
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Nightjohn | Director | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When It Rains | Director | - | 1995 |
68% |
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The Glass Shield |
Director, Writer |
$2.5M | 1994 |
89% |
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To Sleep With Anger | Director | $1.2M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Guests of Hotel Astoria | Cinematographer | - | 1989 |
100% |
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Bless Their Little Hearts |
Screenwriter, Cinematographer |
- | 1984 |
89% |
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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 |
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Bush Mama | Cinematographer | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Your Children Come Back to You |
Cinematographer, Film Editing |
- | 1979 |
98% |
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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 |