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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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Known For
Shaft
(1971)
Director
Shaft's Big Score!
(1972)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Flavio
(1964)
Director
The World of Piri Thomas
(1968)
Director
The Learning Tree
(1969)
Director
Shaft
(1971)
Director
Shaft's Big Score!
(1972)
Director
The Super Cops
(1974)
Director
Leadbelly
(1976)
Director
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
(1984)
Director
Moments Without Proper Names
(1987)
Director
Acting
Diary of a Harlem Family
(1968)
Narration
My Father: Gordon Parks
(1969)
Himself
The Moviemakers
(1969)
Self
Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location
(1971)
Self
Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks
(1973)
Self
Moments Without Proper Names
(1987)
Lincoln
(1992)
Henry H. Garnet (voice)
All Power to the People!
(1996)
Self
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
(1999)
Self
Shaft
(2000)
Lenox Lounge Patron
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
(2000)
Himself
BaadAsssss Cinema
(2002)
Self
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
(2005)
The History Makers: Success
(2005)
Himself
Unstoppable
(2005)
Self
Writing
Flavio
(1964)
Writer
The Learning Tree
(1969)
Novel and Screenplay
Moments Without Proper Names
(1987)
Writer
Crew
Production
Sound