Gordon Parks Jr.

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   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 fathers 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Parks Jr licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia