Gordon Parks
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
Known for
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
- Shaft (2000)
- BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
- Moments without Proper Names (1987)
- How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) (2005)
- Martin (2026)
- Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location (1971)
- The History Makers: Success (2005)
- Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
- Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000)
- All Power to the People! (1996)
- Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks (1973)
- My Father: Gordon Parks (1969)
- Diary of a Harlem Family (1968)
- The Moviemakers (1969)