# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-burnett
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:21:56.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-burnett"
name: "Charles Burnett"
slug: "charles-burnett"
description: "Charles Burnett is an American film director, film producer, writer, editor, actor, photographer, and cinematographer. His most popular films include Killer of Sheep (1978), My Brother's Wedding (1983), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Glass Shield (1994), and Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007). He has also directed several short films and documentary films."
tagline: "American film director (born 1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BURNETT_Charles-24x30-2008b.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1944-04-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.02711333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122344/"
    handle:    "nm0122344"
sources:
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    title: "چارلس برنیٹ (ہدایت کار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تشارلز بورنيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تشارلز بورنيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burnett_(director)"
    title: "Charles Burnett (director)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%B5%D8%B2_%D8%A8%DB%8E%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8E%D8%AA"
    title: "چارڵز بێرنێت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burnett_(Regisseur)"
    title: "Charles Burnett (Regisseur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burnett_(director)"
    title: "Charles Burnett (director)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چارلز برنت (کارگردان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burnett"
    title: "Charles Burnett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burnett"
    title: "Charles Burnett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burnett"
    title: "Charles Burnett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burnett"
    title: "Charles Burnett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "チャールズ・バーネット (映画監督)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burnett"
    title: "Charles Burnett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Чарлс Барнет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97755"
    title: "Charles Burnett"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump