Charles Burnett: Interviews

Filmography

xxxi Filmography As Director 1969 SEVERAL FRIENDS (student film) Released by Milestone Film & Video, 2007 Producer: Charles Burnett Director: Charles Burnett Screenplay: Charles Burnett Cinematography: Jim Watkins Editing: Charles Burnett Cast: Andy Burnett, Gene Cherry, Charles Bracy, Cassandra Wright, Donna Deitch, Deloras Robinson, James Miles, L. E. McGraw, Ernest Cox, E. R. Canan, Arthur Boot, Allen Jurgins Black and white, 21 minutes 1973 THE HORSE (student film) Released by Milestone Film & Video, 2007 Producer: Charles Burnett Director: Charles Burnett Screenplay: Charles Burnett Cinematography: Ian Conner Editing: Charles Burnett Music: Samuel Barber, “Knoxville: Summer of 1915” Cast: Gordon Houston (William), Maury Wright (Ray’s Boy), Gary Morrin (Walter), Roger Collins (West), George Williams (Lee), Larry Clark (Ray) Color, 13:50 minutes xxxii filmography 1977 KILLER OF SHEEP (student film) Released by Milestone Film & Video, 2007 Producer: Charles Burnett Director: Charles Burnett Screenplay: Charles Burnett Cinematography: Charles Burnett Editing: Charles Burnett Music performed by Paul Robeson, Dinah Washington, and others Cast: Henry Gayle Sanders (Stan), Kaycee Moore (Stan’s wife), Charles Bracy (Bracy), Angela Burnett (Stan’s daughter), Eugene Cherry (Eugene ), Jack Drummond (Stan’s son) Black and white, 80 minutes 1983 MY BROTHER’S WEDDING (released in the U.S. in 1991; director’s cut, 2007) Charles Burnett Productions, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen / Milestone Film & Video, 2007 Executive Producer: Gaye Shannon-Burnett Producer: Charles Burnett Associate Producer: Brigitte Kramer Supervising Producer: Earl C. Williman Sr. Director: Charles Burnett Screenplay: Charles Burnett Cinematography: Charles Burnett Editing: Thomas M. Penick Music includes traditional hymns, performed by Dr. Henry Gordon and others, and indigenous African music Cast: Everette Silas (Pierce Mundy), Jessie Homes (Mrs. Mundy), Gaye Shannon-Burnett (Sonia Debois), Ronald E. Bell (Soldier), Dennis Kemper (Mr. Mundy), Sally Easter (Mrs. Richards), Hobert Durham Jr. (Mr. Richards), Angela Burnett (Angela) Color,118 minutes (director’s cut: 81 minutes) 1990 TO SLEEP WITH ANGER SVS Films / Samuel Goldwyn Company filmography xxxiii Executive Producers: Edward R. Pressman, Danny Glover, Harris E. Tulchin Producers: Caldecot Chubb, Thomas S. Byrnes, Darin Scott Director: Charles Burnett Screenplay: Charles Burnett Cinematography: Walt Lloyd Editing: Nancy Richardson Production Design: Penny Barrett Art Direction: Troy Myers Music: Stephen James Taylor Cast: Danny Glover (Harry), Paul Butler (Gideon), Mary Alice (Suzie), Carl Lumbly (Junior), Vonetta McGee (Pat), Richard Brooks (Babe Brother), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Linda), Ethel Ayler (Hattie), Julius Harris (Herman), Sy Richardson (Marsh), Davis Roberts (Okra Tate) Color, 102 minutes 1991 AMERICA BECOMING (documentary) Public Broadcasting Service Producer: Dai Sil Kim-Gibson Directors: Charles Burnett, Dai Sil Kim-Gibson Screenplay: Charles Burnett, Dai Sil Kim-Gibson Cinematography: Charles Burnett Editing: Baylis Glascock, Judy Reidel Narration: Meredith Vieira 90 minutes 1994 THE GLASS SHIELD CiBy 2000 / Miramax Executive Producer: Chet Walker Producers: Thomas Byrnes, Carolyn Schroeder Director: Charles Burnett Screenplay: Charles Burnett (based in part on the screenplay “One of Us,” by Ned Welsh) Cinematography: Elliot Davis Editing: Curtiss Clayton Music: Stephen James Taylor xxxiv filmography Cast: Erich Anderson (District Attorney Ira Korn), Richard Anderson (Watch Commander Clarence Massey), Michael Boatman (Deputy J. J. Johnson), Bernie Casey (James Locket), Wanda De Jesus (Carmen Munoz), Victoria Dillard (Barbara Simms), Elliott Gould (Greenspan), Don Harvey (Deputy Jack Bono), Tommy Hicks (Reverend Banks), Ice Cube (Teddy Woods), Michael Ironside (Detective Gene Baker), Natalija Nogulich (Judge Helen Lewis), Lori Petty (Deputy Deborah Fields), Sy Richardson (Mr. Taylor), M. Emmet Walsh (Detective Jesse Hall), Gary Wood (Sergeant Chuck Gilmore) Color, 110 minutes 1995 WHEN IT RAINS Leapfrog Productions / Milestone Film & Video, 2007 Producer: Chantal Bernheim Line Producer: Jon Oh Director: Charles Burnett Screenplay: Charles Burnett Cinematography: Charles Burnett Editing: Charles Burnett Music: Stephen James Taylor Cast: Ayuko Babu, Florence Bracy, Kenny Merritt, Juno Lewis, Charles Bracy, Brittany Bracy, Soul, Billy Woodberry, R. Ray Barness, John Rier, Barbara Bayless, Jonathan Burnett, Steven Burnett, Brad Bracy, Damon Ray Ritchie, Sandy Shaw Color, 13 minutes 1996 NIGHTJOHN (television) RHI Entertainment, Disney Channel Productions, Sarabande Productions , Signboard Hill Productions / Disney Channel Productions, Hallmark Entertainment Executive Producer: David Manson Producer: Dennis Stuart Murphy Co-Producers: John Landgraf, Bill Cain Director: Charles Burnett Teleplay: Bill Cain, based on the book by Gary Paulsen Cinematography: Elliot Davis Editing: Dorian Harris filmography xxxv Production Design: Naomi Shohan Art Direction: Jim Hill Music: Stephen James Taylor Cast: Beau Bridges (Clel Waller), Carl Lumbly (John), Lorraine Toussaint (Dealey), Bill Cobbs (Old Man), Allison Jones (Sarny), Kathleen York (Callie Waller), Gabriel Casseus (Outlaw), Tom Nowicki (Dr. Chamberlaine), Joel Thomas Traywick (Jeffrey...