Portrait of Gordon Parks

Directing

Gordon Parks

Career

Active from 1964 to 2026, with a break from 1992 to 2020, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Learning Tree
The Learning Tree
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gordon Parks Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Uncanny
    1.1, average 2.5
  • Fantasy
    0.3, average 1.7
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.3, average 1.6
  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

14
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Martin
Martin (2026)

Music, Writer

The World of Piri Thomas
The World of Piri Thomas (2021)

Director, Sequence Lead

2000s

1 title ยท average score 57
Shaft
Shaft (2000)
GoodWatch score 57

as Lenox Lounge Patron

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 70
Lincoln
Lincoln (1992)
GoodWatch score 71

as Henry H. Garnet (voice)

Solomon Northup's Odyssey
Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1991)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Original Music Composer

1980s

1 title
Moments without Proper Names
Moments without Proper Names (1987)

Writer, Director

1970s

4 titles ยท average score 66
Leadbelly
Leadbelly (1976)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

The Super Cops
The Super Cops (1974)
GoodWatch score 73

Director

Shaft's Big Score!
Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
GoodWatch score 57

Director, Original Music Composer

Shaft
Shaft (1971)
GoodWatch score 72

Director

1960s

4 titles ยท average score 75
The Learning Tree
The Learning Tree (1969)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Original Music Composer

My Father: Gordon Parks
My Father: Gordon Parks (1969)

Music

Diary of a Harlem Family
Diary of a Harlem Family (1968)

Still Photographer, Writer

Flavio
Flavio (1964)

Still Photographer, Writer