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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Parks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Directed

1. Shaft (1971) — Director
2. Shaft's Big Score! (1972) — Director
3. The Super Cops (1974) — Director
4. The Learning Tree (1969) — Director
5. Leadbelly (1976) — Director
6. American Playhouse (1982) — Director
7. Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1991) — Director
8. Flavio (1964) — Director
9. Moments without Proper Names (1987) — Director
10. The World of Piri Thomas (2021) — Director
11. Martin (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Shaft (2000) — Lenox Lounge Patron
2. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
3. BaadAsssss Cinema (2002) — Self
4. All Power to the People! (1996) — Self
5. Lincoln (1992) — Henry H. Garnet (voice)
6. How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) (2005)
7. Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location (1971) — Self
8. Moments without Proper Names (1987) — Self
9. Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks (1973) — Self
10. Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000) — Self
11. The Moviemakers (1969) — Self
12. Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999) — Self
13. Diary of a Harlem Family (1968) — Self - Narration (voice)
14. My Father: Gordon Parks (1969) — Self
15. Unstoppable (2005) — Self
16. The History Makers: Success (2005) — Self
17. Martin (2026) — Self - Narrator (voice)