Charles Burnett (director)

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Charles Burnett (; born April 13, 1944) is an American filmmaker and photographer, considered a pioneer of African American cinema. He emerged as a leading figure of the L.A. Rebellion movement, and has directed feature films such as Killer of Sheep (1978), My Brother's Wedding (1983), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Glass Shield (1994), and Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007). He has also directed several short films and documentary films. Burnett has been named as "one of America's very best filmmakers" by the Chicago Tribune and "the nation's least-known great filmmaker and most gifted black director" by The New York Times. He received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for being an "influential film pioneer who has chronicled the lives of black Americans with eloquence and insight" in 2017.

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