Filmography
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Known For
The Learning Tree Director (1969) -
Malcolm X Camera and Electrical Department (1992) -
Shaft's Big Score! Director (1972) -
Known For
Shaft Director (1971) -
Director
Moments Without Proper Names (1987) -
American Playhouse (1984) -
Leadbelly (1976) -
The Super Cops (1974) -
Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
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Shaft (1971)
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The Learning Tree (1969)
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The World of Piri Thomas (1968)
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Director
Flavio (1964)
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Actor
Shaft Lenox Lounge Patron (2000) -
![Lincoln]( "Lincoln")
Lincoln Henry H. Garnet (1992) -
![Shaft's Big Score!]( "Shaft's Big Score!")
Shaft's Big Score! Croupier (1972) -
Actor
![Shaft]( "Shaft")
Shaft Apartment Landlord (1971) -
WriterMoments Without Proper Names (1987)
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![The Learning Tree]( "The Learning Tree")
The Learning Tree (1969) -
Diary of a Harlem Family (1968)
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WriterFlavio (1964)
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Soundtrack
![Shaft's Big Score!]( "Shaft's Big Score!")
Shaft's Big Score! (1972) -
Soundtrack
![The Learning Tree]( "The Learning Tree")
The Learning Tree (1969) -
Producer
![The Learning Tree]( "The Learning Tree")
The Learning Tree (1969) -
ComposerMoments Without Proper Names (1987)
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![American Playhouse]( "American Playhouse")
American Playhouse (1984) -
![Shaft's Big Score!]( "Shaft's Big Score!")
Shaft's Big Score! (1972) -
Composer
![The Learning Tree]( "The Learning Tree")
The Learning Tree (1969) -
Camera and Electrical Department
![My Voyage to Italy]( "My Voyage to Italy")
My Voyage to Italy (1999) -
Camera and Electrical Department
![Malcolm X]( "Malcolm X")
Malcolm X (1992) -
![A Soldier's Story]( "A Soldier's Story")
A Soldier's Story (1984) -
Flavio (1964)
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Archive footage
![CBS This Morning]( "CBS This Morning")
CBS This Morning (2015) -
Archive footage
![The 79th Annual Academy Awards]( "The 79th Annual Academy Awards")
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![Baadasssss Cinema]( "Baadasssss Cinema")
Baadasssss Cinema (2002) -
Miscellaneous Crew
![American Experience]( "American Experience")
American Experience (1994)
All Filmography
Awards
2 wins.Did You Know
Trivia
He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1988 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
Quotes
[1976 interview in "The Village Voice"] I don't make black exploitation films.
Star Sign
Sagittarius
Personal Details
Born
Gordon Alexander Parks
Fort Scott, Kansas, USA
Died
(age 93)
New York City, New York, USA
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