Gordon Parks Jr.
United States
Gordon Roger Parks, Jr. (December 7, 1934 – April 3, 1979) was an American film director best known for the film Super Fly.
Parks was the son of Sally Alvis and late photographer and director Gordon Parks. The younger Parks followed in his father's footsteps after his father had success with the blaxploitation hit Shaft.
He was killed with three others when their small airplane crashed on takeoff near Nairobi, Kenya.
- Roles
- Director, actor
- Born
- 7 December 1934
- Died
- 3 April 1979
- On Pheelm
- 4 films directed, 1972 to 1975
- Link
- IMDb