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Charles Burnett

Highest Rated: 100% Nightjohn (1996)

Lowest Rated: 68% The Glass Shield (1994)

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% 57% 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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76% 99% The Annihilation of Fish Watchlist
68% 40% The Glass Shield
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57% Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
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Quiet as Kept
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The Guests of Hotel Astoria
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Filmography

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We Blew It 2017 Self Relative Stranger 43% 2009 Director Quiet as Kept 2007 Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer, Film Editing Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation 2007 Director, Writer Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property 57% 2003 Director, Writer Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues: A Musical Journey 81% 2002 Director Finding Buck McHenry 67% 2000 Director Selma, Lord, Selma 93% 1999 Director The Annihilation of Fish 76% 99% 1999 Director The Final Insult 1997 Director Nightjohn 100% 85% 1996 Director When It Rains 1995 Director The Glass Shield 68% 40% 1994 Director, Writer To Sleep With Anger 89% 79% 1990 Director The Guests of Hotel Astoria 1989 Cinematographer Bless Their Little Hearts 100% 57% 1984 Screenwriter, Cinematographer My Brother's Wedding 89% 60% 1983 Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematographer Illusions 1982 Film Editing A Different Image 1982 Cinematographer The Pocketbook 1980 Cinematographer Bush Mama 71% 1979 Cinematographer Your Children Come Back to You 1979 Cinematographer, Film Editing Killer of Sheep 98% 84% 1978 Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer, Film Editing The Horse 1973 Director, Screenwriter Several Friends 1969 Director
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