Charles Burnett
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Age: 80, born 13 April 1944
Country of origin: United States
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Born in Mississippi in 1944, Charles Burnett is an African-American film director and actor. Burnett studied film at the University of California, Los Angeles, and began filming Killer of Sheep (1977) as a student. He was awarded a fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation in 1988, which allowed him to make To Sleep with Anger (1990), starring Danny Glover. More recent works include 2007's Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation.
Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on April 13, 1944, Charles Burnett is a leading African-American filmmaker known for such highly regarded films as Killer of Sheep (1977) and To Sleep with Anger. He has s
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5. When It Rains (1995)
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