Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1912-11-30
Death 2006-03-07
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Photographer, author, filmmaker, and composer.

From the description of Gordon Parks papers, 1946-1991 (bulk 1960-1990). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983811

Gordon Parker (1912-2006) was a filmmaker, author, photographer, and composer from New York, N.Y.

From the description of Oral history interview with Gordon Parks, 1964 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80507171

d. 2006.

From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 122344943

Biographical Note

1912, Nov. 30 Born, Ft. Scott, Kans. 1933 Married Sally Alvis (divorced 1961) 1941 Awarded Julius Rosenwald Fellowship 1941 1944 Photographer, Farm Security Administration (later absorbed by the Office of War Information), Washington, D.C. 1944 1948 Freelance photographer, Glamour and Vogue 1948 Published Camera Portraits: The Techniques and Principles of Documentary Portraiture. New York: Watts 1948 1972 Photographer, Life magazine 1950 Photographer, Life magazine, Europe 1960 Named Photographer of the Year, American Society of Magazine Photographers 1961 Writer and director, Flavio (film) 1963 Published The Learning Tree. New York: Harper and Row Married Elizabeth Campbell (divorced 1973) 1966 Published A Choice of Weapons. New York: Harper and Row Received Notable Book Award, American Library Association, A Choice of Weapons 1968 Published A Poet and His Camera. New York: Viking Press Received Emmy Award, best television documentary, Diary of a Harlem Family 1969 Producer, director, and writer, The Learning Tree (film) 1971 Published Born Black. Philadelphia: Lippincott Published Gordon Parks: Whispers of Intimate Things. New York: Viking Press Published In Love. Philadelphia: Lippincott Director, Shaft (film) 1972 Director, Shaft's Big Score (film) 1973 Married Genevieve Young (divorced 1979) 1974 Director, The Super Cops (film) 1975 Published Moments Without Proper Names. New York: Viking Press 1976 Director, Leadbelly (film) 1978 Published Flavio. New York: Norton 1979 Published To Smile in Autumn: A Memoir. New York: Norton 1981 Published Shannon. Boston: Little, Brown 1984 Director, Solomon Northup's Odyssey (film) 1988 Producer, Gordon Parks: Moments Without Proper Names (film) Awarded National Medal of Arts 1989 Composer, Martin (ballet) 1990 Published Voices in the Mirror: An Autobiography. New York: Doubleday 1997 Published Half Past Autumn: A Retrospective. Boston: Bulfinch Press 2000 Published A Star for Noon: An Homage to Women in Images, Poetry, and Music. Boston: Bulfinch Press 2006, Mar. 7 Died, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the Gordon Parks Papers, 1946-1991, (bulk 1960-1990), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • Motion picture directors
  • Photographers

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  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)

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