What is Gordon Parks?
[[File:Gordon Parks.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Parks in 1963]] '''Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks''' (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an [[Americans|American]] [[photographer]], [[musician]], [[writer]] and [[movie director]]. He was the first African-American to produce and direct major [[movie]]s. He was best remembered for his iconic photos of poor Americans during the 1940s. He created the [[blaxploitation]] genre. He was the director of the movie ''[[Shaft (movie)|Shaft]]'' in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gordon Parks, a Master of the Camera, Dies at 93|publisher=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/08/arts/design/gordon-parks-a-master-of-the-camera-dies-at-93.html|access-date=January 21, 2017}}</ref> Parks was born in [[Fort Scott, Kansas|Fort Scott]], [[Kansas]]. He died due to [[cancer]] in [[Manhattan]], [[New York]]. Parks was 93. ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Parks, Gordon}} [[Category:Musicians from Kansas]] [[Category:Writers from Kansas]] [[Category:American photographers]] [[Category:American movie directors]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New York City]] [[Category:1912 births]] [[Category:2006 deaths]] {{us-bio-stub}}