Biography
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and filmmaker, who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African Americans—and in glamour photography. He is best remembered for his iconic photos of poor Americans during the 1940s, for his photographic essays for Life magazine, and as the director of the films Shaft, Shaft's Big Score, and the semiautobiographical The Learning Tree.
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Awards & recognition
- Lucie Award · 2004
- Library of Congress Living Legend · 2000
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards · 1998
- Paul Robeson Award · 1991
- National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame · 1990
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- Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame · 1973
- Spingarn Medal · 1972
- National Medal of Arts
Filmography10 titles
Moments without Proper Names
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
The Learning Tree
Leadbelly
Shaft
Shaft's Big Score!
Shaft
The Super Cops