Gordon Parks
Biography
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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
Acting History
2005
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
2005The History Makers: Success as Self
2005Unstoppable as Self
2002BaadAsssss Cinema as Self
2000Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks as Self
2000Shaft as Lenox Lounge Patron
1999Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self
1996All Power to the People! as Self
1992Lincoln as Henry H. Garnet (voice)
1987Moments without Proper Names as Self
1973Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks as Self
1971Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location as Self
1969My Father: Gordon Parks as Self
1969The Moviemakers as Self
1968Diary of a Harlem Family as Narration
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self