Which director is African-American, Charles Burnett or Laurent Touil-Tartour?
Charles Burnett (director) Charles Burnett (born April 13, 1944, in Vicksburg, Mississippi) is an African-American film director, film producer, writer, editor, actor, photographer, and cinematographer. His most popular films include "Killer of Sheep" (1978), "My Brother's Wedding" (1983), "To Sleep with Anger" (1990), "The Glass Shield" (1994), and "" (2007). He has been involved in other types of motion pictures including shorts, documentaries, and a TV series.
The Man on the Eiffel Tower The Man on the Eiffel Tower is a 1950 American Ansco Color film noir mystery film directed by Burgess Meredith and starring Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Meredith, and Robert Hutton. It is based on the 1931 novel "La Tête d'un homme" ("A Man's Head") by Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his detective Jules Maigret. The film was co-produced by Tone and Allen as T&A Film Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.