Gordon Parks

**Gordon Parks**
	American photographer, musician, writer and film director
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Name in native language	Gordon Parks;
Date of birth	30 November 1912; Fort Scott; Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
Date of death	7 March 2006; New York City
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	cancer;
Place of burial	Evergreen Cemetery;
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	St. Paul Central High School; Ricker College; Storm King School;
Occupation	film director; photographer; actor; photojournalist; screenwriter; journalist; film actor; novelist; fashion photographer; artist; film producer; composer; poet; writer; director;
Employer	Farm Security Administration;
Movement	social realism;
Native language	English;
Child	Gordon Parks, Jr.; David Parks; Leslie Parks; Toni Parks;
Spouse	Genevieve Young (1973–1979);
Work location	Chicago; Minneapolis; New Jersey; Washington, D.C.; New York City;
Award received	Spingarn Medal (1972); National Medal of Arts; Library of Congress Living Legend (2000); Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (1998); National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame (1990); Lucie Award (2004); Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame (1973); Paul Robeson Award (1991);
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	Q365682; ISNI: 0000000122842071; VIAF ID: 112248361; GND ID: 118904434; Library of Congress authority ID: n79090095; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12323704d; IdRef ID: 032150733; Libraries Australia ID: 35409931; NL CR AUT ID: js20060825005; National Library of Spain ID: XX1748844; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 073345296; NORAF ID: 90806930; NUKAT ID: n2003042782; National Library of Korea ID: KAC2020O4672; PLWABN ID: 9810600905105606; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007592426805171; NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA06136220; Open Library ID: OL38873A; Union List of Artist Names ID: 500019962; MusicBrainz artist ID: 31feaf8f-dbd0-4bfb-a897-6c04761bdab2; RKDartists ID: 377521; Europeana entity: agent/base/65391; IMDb ID: nm0662953
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Gordon Roger Alexander Buchannan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking African-American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft.

He is also know for his iconic Depression-era photographs of African-American families taken for the Farm Security Administration of the United States Government.