Gordon Parks(1912-2006)
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
The pre-eminent American photojournalist of sub-Saharan descent. An
acclaimed photographer for Life magazine from the late 40s through late
60s, he turned to directing films, his second of which, the
blaxploitation movie Shaft (1971), achieved success at the box office. In
1989 his first film effort, The Learning Tree (1969), was selected among the first 25
films so honored, by the U.S. Library of Congress to be preserved in
the National Film Registry for all time.
