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Gordon Parks

American photographer, musician, writer and film director (1912–2006)

1.05body-of-work score · ranked #820 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
November 30, 1912 · Fort Scott
Died
March 7, 2006 · New York City
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, photographer, actor, photojournalist
Movement
social realism
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Gordon Parks
Rowland Scherman · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Shaft

    1971 · United States · crime, action, film-noir

    National Film Registry (inducted 2000) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #1130

    0.553 citations
  2. 2
    The Learning Tree

    1969 · United States · drama

    National Film Registry (inducted 1989) · Criterion Collection spine #1107

    0.392 citations
  3. 3
    The Super Cops

    1974 · United States · action, thriller, crime

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 6 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.