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      Charles Burnett

      Charles Burnett

      Highest Rated: 100% Bless Their Little Hearts (1984)

      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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      THE GLASS SHIELD, director Charles Burnett, on set, 1995. (c)Miramax THE GLASS SHIELD, director Charles Burnett, on set, 1995. (c)Miramax
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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
      88% 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 Cinematographer - 1984
      89% 60% My Brother's Wedding Director,
      Writer,
      Producer,
      Cinematographer       		$8.2K 1983
      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

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wedding Director 1998