John Zorn Movies

A documentary about the colorful life, times and music of a true original, Louis “Moondog” Hardin, an eccentric blind musician and...

Experimental documentary about Japanese experimental musician Otomo Yoshihide. Includes interviews with multiple musicians, artists, and writers as...

This film by Johanna Heer and Werner Schmiedel represents a homage to a man revered internationally as one of the great humanitarians of the 20th...

A look at avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.

A conceptual pinku film by renowned experimental artist Hiroyuki Oki, which is conceived of 60 shots which all are 60 seconds long and represent an...

Through interviews we meet some of the people who risked their lives to hide Jewish children during World War II and how this experience has...

Traces the journey of five kung fu monks in search of the American dream. Hailing from China's legendary Shaolin Temple, these Zen masters and kung...

Mathieu Amalric’s film with John Zorn began as a European TV commission that was quickly abandoned in favor of something more intimate: an...

This film is a documentary composition of new jazz, New York as the city that generates it, and the musicians playing it. The thoughts of the...

John Zorn's live performance of Naked City's self-titled album at The Marquee Club in New York City, 1992.

Iconic film moments juxtaposed with the ordinary. The methods to create the shots run from classic studio set-ups to shooting on location using...

An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.

Filmed with an intimate three camera shoot by Antonio Ferrera, a close friend of John Zorn and a long time cameraman for the documentary masters the...

A story told by director Ken Jacobs but without conventional storyline. Using a modified magic lantern, an early type of image projector developed in...

Short animation from Nicolas Brault

Agatha is an international lawyer, Jo a filmmaker. The two women are lovers. While Jo is on the road showing her films, Agatha discovers and reads...

Loosely based on a section of the great Indian Mahabharata epic, Mori's Bhima Swarga (The Heaven of Bhima) is a riveting audiovisual exercise that...

John Zorn with his band at Anthology Film Archves performs COBRA, part one.

PBS produced documentary in two parts: the first is dedicated to saxophonist and composer John Zorn; the second is about Sonic Youth at the height of...

Little Lieutenant is a look back at the late Weimar era with its struggles and celebrations leading up to world war, a period piece. Scored to John...