Charles Burnett

filmmaker, MacArthur Award winner

Charles Burnett is a MacArthur-Award-winning American filmmaker. His major films include *Killer of Sheep*, *The Glass Shield*, *To Sleep with Anger*, *Nightjohn*, *The Wedding*, *The Annihilation of Fish and Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation*. He is co-writer and director of *Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property*.