Known For
Directing
Known Credits
17
Gender
Male
Birthday
November 30, 1912 (113 years old)
Place of Birth
Fort Scott, Kansas, United States
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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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Shaft
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
BaadAsssss Cinema
Lincoln
All Power to the People!
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
Moments without Proper Names
Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks
| 2026 | Martin...Director | |
| 2021 | The World of Piri Thomas...Director | |
| 1991 | Solomon Northup's Odyssey...Director | |
| 1987 | Moments without Proper Names...Director | |
| 1982 | American Playhouse...Director | |
| 1976 | Leadbelly...Director | |
| 1974 | The Super Cops...Director | |
| 1972 | Shaft's Big Score!...Director | |
| 1971 | Shaft...Director | |
| 1969 | The Learning Tree...Director | |
| 1964 | Flavio...Director |
| 2026 | Martin...Music | |
| 1991 | Solomon Northup's Odyssey...Original Music Composer | |
| 1987 | Moments without Proper Names...Music | |
| 1987 | Moments without Proper Names...Orchestrator | |
| 1982 | American Playhouse...Original Music Composer | |
| 1972 | Shaft's Big Score!...Original Music Composer | |
| 1969 | My Father: Gordon Parks...Music | |
| 1969 | The Learning Tree...Original Music Composer |
| 2026 | Martin...Writer | |
| 1987 | Moments without Proper Names...Writer | |
| 1969 | The Learning Tree...Novel | |
| 1969 | The Learning Tree...Screenplay | |
| 1968 | Diary of a Harlem Family...Writer | |
| 1964 | Flavio...Writer |
| 2021 | The World of Piri Thomas...Sequence Lead |
| 1969 | The Learning Tree...Producer |
| 1968 | Diary of a Harlem Family...Still Photographer | |
| 1964 | Flavio...Still Photographer |
| 2026 | Martinas Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2005 | How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)as | |
| 2005 | The History Makers: Successas Self | |
| 2005 | Unstoppableas Self | |
| 2002 | BaadAsssss Cinemaas Self | |
| 2000 | Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parksas Self | |
| 2000 | Shaftas Lenox Lounge Patron | |
| 1999 | Paul Robeson: Here I Standas Self | |
| 1996 | All Power to the People!as Self | |
| 1992 | Lincolnas Henry H. Garnet (voice) | |
| 1987 | Moments without Proper Namesas Self | |
| 1973 | Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parksas Self | |
| 1971 | Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Locationas Self | |
| 1969 | My Father: Gordon Parksas Self | |
| 1969 | The Moviemakersas Self | |
| 1968 | Diary of a Harlem Familyas Self - Narration (voice) | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carsonas Self |
