Gordon Parks
November 30, 1912 (111 years old) in Fort Scott, Kansas, United States
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
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- 2005 · How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) as
- 2005 · The History Makers: Success as Self
- 2005 · Unstoppable as Self
- 2002 · BaadAsssss Cinema as Self
- 2000 · Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks as Himself
- 2000 · Shaft as Lenox Lounge Patron
- 1999 · Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self
- 1996 · All Power to the People! as Self
- 1992 · Lincoln as Henry H. Garnet (voice)
- 1987 · Moments Without Proper Names as
- 1973 · Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks as Self
- 1971 · Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location as Self
- 1969 · My Father: Gordon Parks as Himself
- 1969 · The Moviemakers as Self
- 1968 · Diary of a Harlem Family as Narration
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self