Gordon Parks

★ Directing #2,870

1912 - 2006 (age 93) • Directing

Born: 11/30/1912 in Fort Scott, Kansas, United States

Died: 3/7/2006 (age 93)

Known for: Directing

Gordon Parks

★ Directing #2,870

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Known For

Shaft

64%

Director

1971

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

75%

Self

1962

Shaft's Big Score!

61%

Original Music Composer

1972

The Super Cops

59%

Director

1974

The Learning Tree

68%

Director

1969

American Playhouse

66%

Director

1982

Leadbelly

64%

Director

1976

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

68%

Director

1991

Martin

Self - Narrator (voice)

2026

Martin

Director

2026

Martin

Music

2026

Martin

Writer

2026

The World of Piri Thomas

90%

Sequence Lead

2021

The World of Piri Thomas

90%

Director

2021

How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)

72%

2005

The History Makers: Success

Self

2005

Unstoppable

Self

2005

BaadAsssss Cinema

60%

Self

2002

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

75%

Self

2000

Shaft

60%

Lenox Lounge Patron

2000

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

80%

Self

1999

All Power to the People!

63%

Self

1996

Lincoln

73%

Henry H. Garnet (voice)

1992

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

68%

Director

1991

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

68%

Original Music Composer

1991

Moments without Proper Names

77%

Self

1987

Moments without Proper Names

77%

Music

1987

Moments without Proper Names

77%

Director

1987

Moments without Proper Names

77%

Writer

1987

Moments without Proper Names

77%

Orchestrator

1987

American Playhouse

66%

Director

1982

American Playhouse

66%

Original Music Composer

1982

Leadbelly

64%

Director

1976

The Super Cops

59%

Director

1974

Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks

60%

Self

1973

Shaft's Big Score!

61%

Original Music Composer

1972