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

Filmography

• 2026Martin — Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Music, Writer
• 2021The World of Piri Thomas — Sequence Lead, Director
• 2005How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
• 2000Shaft — Lenox Lounge Patron
• 1992Lincoln — Henry H. Garnet (voice)
• 1991Solomon Northup's Odyssey — Director, Original Music Composer
• 1987Moments without Proper Names — Self, Music, Director, Writer, Orchestrator
• American Playhouse — Director, Original Music Composer
• 1976Leadbelly — Director
• 1974The Super Cops — Director
• 1972Shaft's Big Score! — Director, Original Music Composer
• 1971Shaft — Director
• 1969My Father: Gordon Parks — Self, Music
• 1969The Learning Tree — Director, Novel, Screenplay, Producer, Original Music Composer
• 1968Diary of a Harlem Family — Self - Narration (voice), Writer, Still Photographer
• 1964Flavio — Director, Writer, Still Photographer

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2005The History Makers: Success — Self
• 2005Unstoppable — Self
• 2002BaadAsssss Cinema — Self
• 2000Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks — Self
• 1999Paul Robeson: Here I Stand — Self
• 1996All Power to the People! — Self
• 1973Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks — Self
• 1971Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location — Self
• 1969The Moviemakers — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self