Portrait Of An Artist Movies

In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, and left Stockholm...

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97),the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.

Film director and screenwriter Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017),who in the sixties was the great innovator of Japanese cinema; and his collaborator, art dir...

A tribute to Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci (1926-90),presented by American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.

The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-95),told through her unpublished diaries, her own voice and that of those...

Trailblazing double bassist Orin O'Brien never wanted the spotlight, but when Leonard Bernstein hired her in 1966 as the first female musician in the...

In 1948, French singer Charles Aznavour (1924-2018) receives a Paillard Bolex, his first camera. Until 1982, he will shoot hours of footage, his filme...

The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930),the man of a thousand faces; bear...

Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ever.

At the end of his life, gravely ill, François Truffaut took refuge with his ex-wife Madeleine Morgenstern. She tried to keep him occupied during his l...

Nude men in rubber suits, close-ups of erections, objects shoved in the most intimate of places—these are photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe, kn...

J.R.R Tolkien’s fantasy novels hold a unique place in twentieth century English literature and are much loved by readers the world over. This document...

Since her debut at the age of 18, musician, civil rights campaigner and activist Joan Baez has been on stage for over 60 years. For the now 82-year-ol...

Freddie Mercury (1946-91) was not just a man with one of the most pure and amazing voices the world has heard, but he was also the lead singer for Que...

Portrait of Andy Goldsworthy, an artist whose specialty is ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature.

You thought you knew him. Meet David Crosby now in this portrait of a man with everything but an easy retirement on his mind. With unflinching honesty...

Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the...

A portrait of the visionary Dutch artist M. C. Escher (1898-1972),according to his own words, taken from his diary, his correspondence and the texts...

A journey through the professional life of innovative film director Richard Linklater: 21 years creating films, carving his signature in pop culture;...

The story of the rise to stardom of Joaquin Phoenix, an actor of magnetic physique, tumultuous past, socially committed, who for years has offered out...