Gordon Parks, Jr.

Gordon Parks, Jr.
Born	Gordon Roger Parks, Jr. December 7, 1934
Died	April 3, 1979(1979-04-03) (aged 44) Nairobi, Kenya

Gordon Roger Parks, Jr. (December 7, 1934 – April 3, 1979) was an American film director best known for the film Super Fly.^[1]

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.

Filmography

• Aaron Loves Angela (1975)
• Three the Hard Way (1974)
• Thomasine & Bushrod (1974)
• Super Fly (1972)

References

1. ^ "GORDON PARKS JR., FILM MAKER, DEAD; Director of 'Super Fly' and Other Black-Oriented Pictures in Plane Crash in Kenya". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F4071EFE3D5A12728DDDAD0894DC405B898BF1D3. Retrieved 2011-01-31. 

External links

• Gordon Parks, Jr. at the Internet Movie Database
• C. Gerald Fraser (April 4, 1979). Gordon Parks Jr., Film Maker, Dead; Director of 'Super Fly' and Other Black-Oriented Pictures in Plane Crash in Kenya. New York Times

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Name	Parks, Gordon Jr.
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Date of birth	1934
Place of birth
Date of death	1979
Place of death	Nairobi, Kenya