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Home/People/Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks profile photo
Born
Nov 30, 1912Died: Mar 7, 2006
Lived 93 years
Place of Birth
Fort Scott, Kansas, United States
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

16
Movies
1
TV Shows
10
Directed
IMDb Profile

Gordon Parks

Directing

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
Martin poster

Martin

as Self - Narrator (voice)
2026
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) poster

How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)

Cast
2005
The History Makers: Success poster

The History Makers: Success

as Self
2005
Unstoppable poster

Unstoppable

as Self
2005
BaadAsssss Cinema poster

BaadAsssss Cinema

as Self
2002
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks poster

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

as Self
2000
Shaft poster

Shaft

as Lenox Lounge Patron
2000
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand poster

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

as Self
1999
All Power to the People! poster

All Power to the People!

as Self
1996
Lincoln poster

Lincoln

as Henry H. Garnet (voice)
1992
Moments without Proper Names poster

Moments without Proper Names

as Self
1987
Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks poster

Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks

as Self
1973
Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location poster

Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location

as Self
1971
My Father: Gordon Parks poster

My Father: Gordon Parks

as Self
1969
The Moviemakers poster

The Moviemakers

as Self
1969
Diary of a Harlem Family poster

Diary of a Harlem Family

as Self - Narration (voice)
1968