Charles Burnett (director)
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Charles Burnett (b. April 13, 1944, Vicksburg, Mississippi) is a MacArthur Award-winning American filmmaker, educated at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Burnett's style is rarely violent and his most original work concentrates on the lives of the African American middle class. His first feature, Killer of Sheep, was made while he was a graduate student at UCLA. His other credits include My Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger, and The Annihilation of Fish. Killer of Sheep (1977) was declared a national treasure by the Library of Congress and was among the first 50 films placed on the US National Registry.[citation needed]
[edit] Bibliography
- Massood, Paula J., "An Aesthetic Appropriate to Conditions: Killer of Sheep, (Neo)Realism, and the Documentary Impulse", Wide Angle - Volume 21, Number 4, October 1999, pp. 20-41
- Why We Make Movies: Black Filmmakers Talk about the Magic of Cinema, ed. by George Alexander, Janet Hill, New York : Harlem Moon, 2003.
[edit] External links
- Charles Burnett at the Internet Movie Database
- Interviews with Charles Burnett
- http://www.annihilationoffish.com/pages/makers/burnett.html
- Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
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