Gordon Parks Jr.
December 7, 1934 · 91 years old
Gordon Roger Parks, Jr. (December 7, 1934 – April 3, 1979) was an American film director best known for the film Super Fly. Parks was the son of Sally Alvis and late photographer and director Gordon Parks. The younger Parks followed in his father's footsteps after his father had success with the bl…
Known For
5 titles
Super Fly
The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.
Three the Hard Way
Blaxploitation film about three martial-arts specialists who prevent white supremacists from tainting the U.S. water supply with a toxin that's only harmful to black people.
Thomasine & Bushrod
The exploits of 1910s bounty hunter Thomasine and bandit Bushrod who, after rekindling their old romance, take to robbing banks to survive, stealing from rich whites and sharing their loot with the poor on the harsh frontier.
Aaron Loves Angela
In New York City, a young black boy and Puerto Rican girl fall in love despite objections from each other's families.
My Father: Gordon Parks
A documentary portrait of poet, novelist, photographer, and composer Gordon Parks on the set of his first film, The Learning Tree (1969): the first major studio film directed and produced by an African American.