Gordon Parks

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

16

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-11-30

Deathday

2006-03-07 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Fort Scott, Kansas, United States

Gordon Parks

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft.

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Crew

1968
Diary of a Harlem Family as Cinematography
1968
The World of Piri Thomas as Sequence Lead

Directing

1990
Martin as Director
1987
Moments Without Proper Names as Director
1984
Solomon Northup's Odyssey as Director
1976
Leadbelly as Director
1974
The Super Cops as Director
1972
Shaft's Big Score! as Director
1971
Shaft as Director
1969
The Learning Tree as Director
1968
The World of Piri Thomas as Director
1964
Flavio as Director

Production

1969
The Learning Tree as Producer

Sound

1987
Moments Without Proper Names as Music
1984
Solomon Northup's Odyssey as Original Music Composer
1972
Shaft's Big Score! as Original Music Composer
1969
My Father: Gordon Parks as Music
1969
The Learning Tree as Original Music Composer

Writing

1987
Moments Without Proper Names as Writer
1969
The Learning Tree as Screenplay
1969
The Learning Tree as Novel
1968
Diary of a Harlem Family as Writer
1964
Flavio as Writer
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Gordon Parks