JAZZ FILMMAKERS (documentary)
This is a selection of some of the leading jazz documentary film makers.
See A to Z docus for more details of each film

Jean Bach (USA)
A GREAT DAY IN HARLEM
THE SPITBALL STORY

Julian Benedikt ( Germany)
CHICO HAMILTON; DANCING TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER
BLUE NOTE; A HISTORY OF MODERN JAZZ
JAZZ SEEN : THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM CLAXTON
CHICO HAMILTON; DANCING TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER ( directors cut 2002)

Les Blank (USA)
ALWAYS FOR PLEASURE
A WELL SPENT LIFE
DIZZY GILLESPIE
DIZZY GILLESPIE; JAZZ IN AMERICA
SWORN TO THE DRUM

Burrill Crohn (USA)
TRUMPET KINGS
PIANO LEGENDS
REED ROYALTY
JOE WILLIAMS; PORTRAIT IN SONG

Mike Dibb (UK)
THE MILES DAVIS STORY
KEITH JARRETT; THE ART OF IMPROVISATION

Chuck Francis (USA)
JAZZ IN EXILE

John Jeremy (UK )
BLUES LIKE SHOWERS OF RAIN
JAZZ IS OUR RELIGION
BORN TO SWING
TO THE COUNT OF BASIE
BILLIE HOLIDAY: THE LONG NIGHT OF LADY DAY
PREZ; A JAZZ OPERA
THE REAL COTTON CLUB
THE HISTORY OF BOOGIE WOOGIE
SWING UNDER THE SWASTIKA
FIDDLERS THREE
BEN WEBSTER The Brute and the Beautiful
ADELAIDE HALL Sophisticated Lady( producer only)
DJANGO LEGACY
THE LAST EXODUS (this not a jazz film but is included to keep the filmography inclusive)

Barbara Kopple
WILD MAN BLUES

Carole Langer
JOE ALBANY: A JAZZ LIFE

Don McGlynn (USA )
ART PEPPER; Notes from a Jazz Survivor
THE MILLS BROTHERS STORY
THE SOUNDIES
DEXTER GORDON : MORE THAN YOU KNOW
CHARLES MINGUS: TRIUMPH OF THE UNDERDOG
OVER THE RAINBOW: HAROLD ARLEN
LOUIS PRIMA; THE WILDEST
HORACE PARLON ON HORACE PARLON
THE LEGEND OF TEDDY EDWARDS
TV'S FIRST MUSIC VIDEOS; THE SNADER TELESCRIPTIONS
also Don McGlynn has made films about IRVING MILLS (1985) SPIKE JONES (1988) and two films of MINGUS DYNASTY BAND in performance

Greta Schitter and Andrea Veise
SWEETHEARTS OF RYTHMN
RUBY AND TINY; HELL DIVIN’ WOMEN
MAXINE SULLIVAN; LOVE TO BE IN LOVE

Bruce Ricker (USA)
LAST OF THE BLUE DEVILS
STRAIGHT NO CHASER (producer)
JIM HALL: A LIFE IN PROGRESS
KEEPING TIME : MILT HINTON ( production consultant)
TONY BENNET: THE MUSIC NEVER ENDS

Bert Stern
JAZZ ON A SUMMER’S DAY

Matthew Seig
THELONIOUS MONK; AMERICAN COMPOSER
SARAH VAUGHAN; THE DEVINE ONE (1991)
A GREAT DAY IN HARLEM (co-producer)
THE MANY FACES OF BILLIE HOLIDAY

Bruce Weber
LETS GET LOST

Charlotte Zwerin (USA)
STRAIGHT, NO CHASER
SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR: ELLA FITZGERALD