Documentary
As a photographer I watch alot of documentaries about people, events and art. However it is IMPOSSIBLE to collec them all, even in this modern age of globalization and sometimes I'm forced to watch them online or download them. My bookmarks are the worst so I figured I should make a list on this web, where people can enjoy it as well. Expand your mind and share the gift, peace!
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- DirectorDavid MyersStarsAnsel AdamsBeaumont Newhall
- DirectorAdrian MabenStarsAdrian MabenCandice BergenTina BrownA camera crew follows Helmut Newton, the fashion and ad photographer whose images of tall, blond, big-breasted women are part of the iconography of twentieth-century erotic fantasy. He's on the go from L.A., to Paris, to Monte-Carlo, to Berlin, where he was a youth until he escaped from the Nazis in 1936. We see him on shoots, interviewing models, and discussing his work. It's not art and it's not good taste, he tells students. We meet June, his Australian-born wife, whom he married in 1948. Three actresses talk about working with Newton and how posing is different from acting. A heart attack in 1973 helps Newton re-focus, resulting in more personal photographic projects.Follows Newton (photographer) in his work, not alot about personal life. In a way he was a feminist but also a vulgar man.
- DirectorAnton CorbijnStarsDon Van VlietSue VlietDavid LynchDon van Vliet, alias "Captain Beefheart", is one of the most influential, misunderstood, talked about, admired, copied, treasured, loved and quoted musicians and yet he is still an obscure and mysterious artist.Directed by Anton Corbijn, experimental documentary (just like the captain).
- 1985– 1h 30mTV-147.5 (164)TV EpisodeDirectorHelen WhitneyStarsRichard AvedonJohn LahrMike NicholsSome of the most iconic portraits of the 20th and 21st centuries were taken by photographer Richard Avedon. For more than fifty years, Richards portraits have filled the pages of the country's finest magazines.With his last work (In The American West), this documentary makes a retrospect of how Avedon started with a camera he got for a present and climbed the mountain of fashion with it, to steal the fire from the gods and bring it back to the people. Remarkable person.
- DirectorJan HarlanStarsKatharina KubrickMalcolm McDowellStanley KubrickThe career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.Retrospect on his work and technical genius of the medium, both photography AND film.
- DirectorKenjirô FujiiStarsNobuyoshi ArakiMichiko KasaharaDaido MoriyamaTalks mostly about his vision on photography and how he expresses this in the medium. Includes interviews with Araki and respected Japanese critics.
- DirectorAnne MakepeaceStarsSteven SpielbergGoran VisnjicA documentary about the life of famed war photographer Robert Capa.Wonderful documentary about the great Robert Capa and his wife Gerda Taro, how they lived for passion through love and war.
- DirectorTravis KloseStarsArakiNobuyoshi ArakiBjörkMonograph (complete biography and insight to his workflow, personal life etc.), very open and full of heart just like his photographs.
- DirectorMorgan SpurlockStarsMorgan SpurlockDaryl IsaacsChemeeka WalkerWhile examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.What are the effects of fast food? This guy tries to live EXCLUSIVELY on it for a month!
- DirectorAJ SchnackStarsKurt CobainEvan FortinNathan StreifelIn this visual essay style documentary, intimate audio of journalist Michael Azerrad's interviews with Kurt Cobain is played over more recently photographed footage of Cobain's Washington state homes and haunts.Using his last interview as a basis for this film, it tells about Kurt's childhood, experiences with his dad, feminism (it's TRUE meaning), Nirvana, having children and how to cope with fame.
One of the realest persons that ever existed. - DirectorMichael BliedenStarsBrian UngerGary CohanRobert GoreStand up comedian and marijuana user Doug Benson documents thirty days of pot free living and thirty days of non-stop use to compare the effects of both.What are the effects of ganja? This comedian goes from not smoking month to full-time dope smoker a month to compare the results.
- DirectorHenry JoostAriel SchulmanStarsNev SchulmanAriel SchulmanHenry JoostYoung filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.
- DirectorBanksyStarsBanksyMr. BrainwashSpace InvaderFollowing the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.Banksy's real/fake documentary about street art.
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsBob MarleyZiggy MarleyRita MarleyA documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.Covers the entire life of Bob Marley through interviews, gigs, family and friends. Amazing and even when you're not a Marley fan it is a must-see and great if you feelin down.
- DirectorBen ShapiroStarsRussell BanksCostanza Theodoli BraschiGregory CrewdsonA documentary shot over a decade with unprecedented access to photographer Gregory Crewdson that bares the artist's process.Shows his workflow, his photographs are intriguing if you like American art.
- DirectorJohn MaloofCharlie SiskelStarsVivian MaierJohn MaloofDaniel ArnaudA documentary on the late Vivian Maier, a nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs earned her a posthumous reputation as one of the most accomplished street photographers.A nanny who secretly made photographs of Chicago (and NYC), only to be discovered ca 2010 by chance. She is now an internet phenomena and conquering the world of photography with her voyeuristic take on the rich metropoles of post-war USA, reimbursing the importance of holding a mirror up the world's face just to show what it really looks like.
Where Diane Arbus goes for the eerie, Vivian Maier aims for the common. - DirectorBrett HarveyStarsAdam ScorgieChris BennettSteve BloomBC's illegal marijuana trade industry has evolved into a business giant, dubbed by some involved as 'The Union', Commanding upwards of $7 billion Canadian annually. With up to 85% of 'BC Bud' being exported to the United States, the trade has become an international issue. Follow filmmaker Adam Scorgie as he demystifies the underground market and brings to light how an industry can function while remaining illegal. Through growers, police officers, criminologists, economists, doctors, politicians and pop culture icons, Scorgie examines the cause and effect nature of the business - an industry that may be profiting more by being illegal.
- DirectorAaron AitesAudrey EwellStarsFenrizVarg VikernesEuronymousInterviews and news footage explore the rise of black metal music in Norway in the 1990s, including artists who were involved in suicide, murder and arson.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsCompay SegundoIbrahim FerrerRubén GonzálezAging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.
- DirectorJason CohnBill JerseyStarsCharles EamesRay EamesJames FrancoThe relationship between Charles Eames and his wife Ray ignited a burst of design ingenuity whose impact on the world can still be felt over half a century later.
- DirectorDavid GelbStarsJiro OnoYoshikazu OnoMasuhiro YamamotoA documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.
- CreatorAnn DruyanCarl SaganSteven SoterStarsCarl SaganJaromír HanzlíkJonathan FahnAstronomer Carl Sagan leads us on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the universe.
- DirectorLouise HooperStarsDavid AttenboroughBjörkAndy CavatortaAward-winning musician Björk and legendary broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough have admired each other's work for years but this is the first time they have discussed their mutual love of music and the natural world on screen. In this remarkable documentary, Björk explores our unique relationship with music and discovers how technology might transform the way we engage with it in the future. At the heart of the film is Biophilia, Björk's cutting-edge music project that explores where nature, music and technology meet. David Attenborough explains how music exists in the natural world and speaks about his own passion for music. Author and professor of neurology and psychiatry Oliver Sacks explains the extraordinary and beneficial effects music has on our brains and explains why performing and engaging with music is something all of us should take more seriously.