
Director
Gordon Parks
Born 1912 · 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
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Shaft
Director · 1971

Shaft's Big Score!
Director · 1972

The Learning Tree
Director · 1969

The World of Piri Thomas
Director · 2021

The Super Cops
Director · 1974

Moments without Proper Names
Director · 1987

Solomon Northup's Odyssey
Director · 1991

Leadbelly
Director · 1976

Flavio
Director · 1964

Martin
Director · 2026
Acting

Shaft
Lenox Lounge Patron · 2000

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1962

BaadAsssss Cinema
Self · 2002
Lincoln
Henry H. Garnet (voice) · 1992

Moments without Proper Names
Self · 1987

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self · 1999

Diary of a Harlem Family
Self - Narration (voice) · 1968

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
Self · 2000

Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location
Self · 1971

All Power to the People!
Self · 1996

Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks
Self · 1973

The History Makers: Success
Self · 2005

Martin
Self - Narrator (voice) · 2026
Unstoppable
Self · 2005

My Father: Gordon Parks
Self · 1969

The Moviemakers
Self · 1969