1994Nominee
Best Director
The Glass Shield
Charles Burnett
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
April 13, 1944
Biography
Charles Burnett is an American film director, producer, writer, editor, actor, photographer, and cinematographer. His most popular films include Killer of Sheep (1977), My Brother’s Wedding (1983), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Glass Shield (1994), and Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007). He has been involved in other types of motion pictures including shorts, documentaries, and a TV series. Considered by the Chicago Tribune as “one of America’s very best filmmakers”, and by the New York Times as “the nation’s least-known great filmmaker and most gifted black director”, Charles Burnett has had a long and diverse filmmaking career.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1978Nominee
Best Director
Killer of Sheep
2022Nominee
Best Performance
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Career Highlights
2017Highlight
Best Performance
We Blew It
2011Highlight
Best Performance
These Amazing Shadows
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The Glass Shield
Killer of Sheep
Is That Black Enough for You?!?