Melvyn Bragg Movies

Produced in 1993, this documentary depicts the development of Annie Leibovitz's career as a celebrity photographer.

An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.

Documentary about the making of the film first presented on the British television series "The South Bank Show".

An Artist's Story concerns the confrontation of ideas between Anton, a young landscape painter, and Lydia, a young aristocratic girl who devotes her...

Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.

A multi-award winning biography covering the life and career of legendary screen and stage actor/director Laurence Olivier.

This documentary traces the lives of Gibb brothers and takes a look through their memories, creating some of the greatest hits in the world as the...

An irreverent survey of British Music.

Opening with the first day of rehearsals of the London production of "Sweeney Todd", this ninety-minute documentary focuses on the rehearsal process...

A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

This documentary, shot entirely on location in Havana, includes many band members' insights into this revival, and features performance footage of an...

The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.

Gerald Fox’s film documents Bill Viola and his wife and close collaborator Kira Perov’s odyssey to create two permanent video...

A documentary on the band

The updated autobiography of Britain’s most controversial film director, the maker of Women in Love, The Devils, The Music Lovers, Tommy and...

Join Melvyn Bragg for an insightful journey into why “Art Matters,” With a career spanning over 60 years, Bragg passionately advocates...

In this documentary Roy Lichtenstein is interviewed and discusses his life and art work, what influenced him, where his ideas came from, how his art...

Documentary about the Swedish film director, produced for the UK television program "The South Bank."

Melvyn Bragg travels from Oklahoma to California to examine the enduring legacy of the Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck.

Filmed in his London studio, David Hockney sits down with Melvyn Bragg to discuss his remarkable life and career, illustrated by a wide range of his...