Lou Reed
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Known For:Acting
Birthday:1942-03-02
Place of Birth:Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Also Known As:The Velvet Underground, Lewis Allan Reed

Rock 'n' Roll Man - Lou Reed in concerto 1980 (1980)

David Bowie: An Earthling at 50 (1997)
Interview with David Bowie, in an original format of non-linear edition, cut-and-paste style.

Blue in the Face (1995)
Auggie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit him to buy cigarettes and have some small talk. During...

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts (2009)
On October 29th and 30th, 2009, rock 'n' roll royalty held court at Madison Square Garden for what have been called 'the best concerts ever,' and...

Palermo Shooting (2008)
After the wild lifestyle of a famous young German photographer almost gets him killed, he goes to Palermo, Sicily to take a break. Can the beautiful...

WBCN and the American Revolution (2019)
The amazing untold story of the radical underground radio station WBCN-FM set against the profound social, political and cultural changes of the...

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel (1988)
A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.

Get Crazy (1983)
Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie...

Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (2010)
Brilliant Moon chronicles the life of the writer, poet, and meditation master Khyentse Rinpoche, one of Tibet's most revered 20th-century Buddhist...

A Not So Silent Night (2008)
Recorded in 2008, direct from the Knitting Factory stage in downtown Manhattan. This The McGarrigle Christmas Hour features Kate & Anna McGarrigle,...

Lou Reed: Live in Barcelona (1984)
Lou Reed and band (featuring guitar legend, Robert Quine) filmed in concert at Palacio de Municipal, Barcelona, Spain on December 10, 1984 during the...

Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer (2001)
In 1972, Lou Reed's second solo album Transformer elevated him from a minor cult figure to one of the best known and most talked about artists in...

David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust (2012)
BBC documentary telling the story of how David Bowie arrived at one of the most iconic creations in pop history - Ziggy Stardust - with contributions...

Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape (2016)
A mental journey - historical, political, musical and metaphysical - in contemporary times, from the Sixties until nowadays.

Whips (1970)
Whips was one of the films mentioned in a half page ad in the April 7, 1966 issue of the Village Voice, advertising The Exploding Plastic Inevitable...

Permanent Record (1988)
David Sinclair seems to have everything going for him: he's smart, musically talented, and very successful. To top off his senior year in high...

Lou Reed's Berlin (2007)
Lou Reed recorded the album Berlin in 1973. It was a commercial failure. Over the next 33 years, he never performed the album live. For five nights...

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball (1987)
When the British Amnesty shows finally resumed in 1987 after a six-year hiatus, the show format was retooled in an effort to take advantage of the...

September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill (1994)
Filmmaker Larry Weinstein stages a wide range of performances in tribute to the compositions of Kurt Weill.

Velvet Underground: Under Review (2006)
Velvet Underground Under Review is a 75 minute film reviewing the music and career of one of rock musics most influential collectives; a band which...

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait (2017)
A chronicle of the personal life and public career of the celebrated artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel.

Lou Reed - Magic & Loss (1992)
Lou Reed's melancholy album played live on stage. A phenomenal live performance by Reed, Rathke, Wasserman and Blair (and Jimmy Scott!) of this...

Lou Reed Live at Montreux 2000 (2005)
Live at Montreux 2000 is a concert DVD by Lou Reed, released in 2005 by Eagle Vision. It was recorded at the 2000 Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux,...
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Screen Test [ST268]: Lou Reed (Apple) (1966)
Lou Reed, posed in profile wearing dark glasses, slowly eats an apple, chewing carefully between bites; there is no camera movement.
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Screen Test [ST271]: Lou Reed (Hershey) (1966)
A second Hershey Lou Reed screen test.

Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
This film is about a famous jazz saxophonist, Izzy, whose life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.

Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby Live in Jersey (1992)
Lou Reed was wise to chronicle a concert by his early-'80s band, featuring lead guitarist Robert Quine and bassist Fernando Saunders. Reed had used...

David Sanborn & Friends | The Super Session (2001)
David Sanborn Band : David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, Ricky Peterson, David Gilmore, Gene Lake, Don Alias // Special Guests : Lou Reed, Boz Scaggs, Joan...

One World, One Voice (1990)
An extraordinary music special is the climax to One World week. The brainchild of ex-10cc drummer Kevin Godley, it features the first true global...

Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (1993)
On October 16, 1992, an impressive and eclectic group of artists gathered at Madison Square Garden in New York City for the purpose of celebrating...

Lou Reed: Transformer e Live at Montreux (2001)
Originally released in 2001, director Bob Smeaton’s 80 minute Classic Albums: Transformer was universally praised for its well-constructed...

An Introduction to Harmolodics (1995)
Ornette Coleman is always asked, “what is Harmolodics?” Harmolodics is the term he coined to describe his music and his philosophy of...

Final Weapon (1970)
A martial arts film set to the music of Lou Reed

Curious: The Velvet Underground in Europe (1993)
Spotlights the Velvet Underground's 1993 reunion tour of Europe, interspersing footage of the band's Paris concert and interviews with the members of...

The Making of Sun City (1985)
Documentary Chronicling the making of Artists United Against Apartheid “Sun City”

Moonage Daydream (2022)
A cinematic odyssey featuring never-before-seen footage exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey.

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball (1989)
After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial disaster of its music-only Festival Of Youth...

Lou Reed - Remembered (2013)
Film tribute to Lou Reed, who died in October, which looks at the extraordinarily transgressive life and career of one of rock 'n' roll's true...

How the Ladies Pay (Lou Reed) (1977)
Unusual interview on the occasion of Lou Reed's concert in Vienna . Highly personal, funny and rambling.

Lou Reed: Spanish Fly: Live in Spain (2004)
Edgy singer-songwriter Lou Reed performs a classic set in this 2004 concert held at the Benicàssim Festival in Spain. Joined by guitarist Mike...

Lou Reed: Through the Years: New York 1983 - Spain 2004 (2008)
Lou Reed — once the androgynous rock poet of the Velvet Underground, then a godfather of punk, now a weathered icon of courage and...

Lou Reed: Walk on the Wild Side (2006)
1. Introduction 2. Sweet Jane 3. Why Do You Talk 4. Rock'n' Roll 5 . Venus In Furs 6. Kill Your Sons 7. Romeo Had Juliette 8. I'm...

Lou Reed: Live (2007)
The Bottom Line in New York City 1983 1. Sweet Jane / 4:07 2. I'm Waiting For The Man / 4:03 3. Martial Law / 3:40 4. Don't Talk To Me About...

Faraway, So Close! (1993)
Damiel is now married to Marion, runs the pizzeria “Da Angelo” and the two have a child. The solitarily remaining angel Cassiel is more...

The Velvet Underground in Boston (1967)
This newly unearthed film, which Warhol shot during a concert at the Boston Tea Party, features a variety of filmmaking techniques. Sudden in-and-out...

Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1967)
Exploding Plastic Inevitable was a series of multimedia events organised by Andy Warhol between 1966 and 1967, featuring musical performances by The...

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009)
Arthur answers a distress call from Princess Selenia, who is menaced by the nefarious Maltazard.

The Velvet Underground at Bataclan '72 (1972)
Recorded on French TV, the concert marked the first time since the breakup of The Velvet Underground that Reed, Cale and Nico were on stage together.

Venus in Furs (1966)
Where a nun and a nurse go to hell because of their sinful life in St. Vincent's Hospital.

One Trick Pony (1980)
An aging rock star trying to put together a new album in the face of an indifferent record label and a talentless producer. At the same time, he's...

Heart of a Dog (2015)
Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse...

Bowie, Iggy & Lou 1971-1973: The Sacred Triangle (2010)
The Sacred Triangle enlightens us on how one of the most influential pop stars of the previous century, Ziggy Stardust, was born. This is the same...

David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration (1997)
TV Special live at Madison Square Garden on January 9, 1997 in celebration of David Bowie's 50th birthday.

Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010)
With Maltazard now seven feet tall and Arthur still two inches small, our hero must find a way to grow back to his normal size and stop the Evil M...

Lou Reed: Walk on the Wild Side (2005)
Written 30 years earlier, Lou Reed’s hymn celebrates five flamboyant characters, each one a fragile icon from Andy Warhol’s Factory:...

Occupy Wall Street: We Are The 99% (2015)
This film documents the breadth and depth of Occupy Wall Street and how it quickly grew from a small park in lower Manhattan to an international...

The Velvet Underground Rehearses (1966)
A film of the Velvet Underground performing only discovered in recent years directed by Danny Williams shortly before his dissapearance.

365 Day Project (2007)
This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

Anton Corbijn Inside Out (2012)
An intimate portrait of Anton Corbijn as he travels the world as a photographer, film maker and video artist…

Beautiful Darling (2010)
James Rasin's documentary “Beautiful Darling” honors American Transgender actress and best-known Warhol Superstar, Candy Darling, and her...

The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music (2007)
The Old, Weird America tracks the history of the Anthology of American Folk Music from its initial compilation of 78 records from rural Americana to...

Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story (2017)
Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story is a documentary about the life and work of Michael "Mick" Ronson, the guitarist, songwriter, producer and...

Lou Reed Live Performances 1972 & 1974 (2011)
Live Performances 1972 and 1974 is the first live recording from Lou Reed's Sally Can't Dance tour to be commercially released. The first video...

A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who (1994)
A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who, also known as Daltrey Sings Townshend, is a music event and later album documenting a...

Jimi Hendrix (1973)
Made shortly after his death, this documentary explores the brief life and remarkable legacy of guitarist Jimi Hendrix. After finding fame in the...

Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart (1998)
An incredible retracing of the evolution of Reed's remarkable career over three decades. Filled with interviews with Reed, his friends and some of...

13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests (2009)
Between 1964 and 1966, Andy Warhol shot nearly 500 Screen Tests, beautiful and revealing portraits of hundreds of different individuals, from Warhol...

The Making of an Underground Film (1965)
CBS bit on Piero Heliczer shooting his film 'Venus in Furs' (they mistakenly call it 'Dirt'). Released by Boo-Hooray as part of their exhibit on...

A Night with Lou Reed (1983)
A Lou Reed concert at the Bottom Line in New York City, 1983. Tracklist: Sweet Jane, I'm Waiting For The Man, Martial Law, Don't Talk To Me About...

Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965)
The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong key light,...

Screen Test: Lou Reed (Coke) (1966)
Andy directs Lou Reed drinking a Coke.

The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound (1966)
The film depicts a rehearsal of The Velvet Underground including Nico, and is essentially one long loose improvisation.

Songs for Drella (1990)
Songs for Drella is a concept album by Lou Reed and John Cale, both formerly of The Velvet Underground, and is dedicated to the memory of Andy...

Red Shirley (2010)
Lou Reed interviews his cousin, Shirley Novick (Shulamit Rabinowitz), on the eve of her 100th birthday. Shirley recalls growing up in a small village...

Lou Reed - Lowest Form of Life (2009)
The fascinating story behind a catastrophic interview with the rock legend Lou Reed. Recorded in a hotel room in Stockholm, March 2000.

Velvet Underground's First Public Appearance (2006)
Velvet Underground's first public appearance.

Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran (2000)
Documentary charting the rise and fall of the pop group synonymous with 1980s glamour. Hits featured include Girls on Film, Rio and Hungry Like the...

Moe Gets Tied Up (1966)
Or "Moe in Bondage" - The "Moe" of the title is the Velvet Underground's drummer, Maureen Tucker, whose band-mates have tied her to a chair and are...

The Velvet Underground Tarot Cards (1966)
Documents each member of The Velvet Underground having their cards read at a big apartment party. The tarot reader is continually interrupted in her...

The Velvet Underground: Psychiatrist's Convention, NYC, 1966 (1966)
The Velvet Underground's first public appearance, filmed in Super 8 at a Psychiatrist's Convention, at the Delmonico Hotel, New York, January 14,...

Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties (1989)
Documentary on Andy Warhol's cinema of the sixties, made for Channel 4 in association with The Factory, MOMA and the Whitney Museum of Art and in...

Homeland: The Story of the Lark (2010)
A distilled, up-to-the-minute portrait of our agitated nation, its politics, its economics, its delusions and its dreams. Laurie Anderson's tone is...

Bye Bye Kipling (1986)
This ambitious live satellite link-up of Japan, Korea and the United States features interviews with Keith Haring and architect Arata Isozaki, and...

Prozac Nation (2001)
When talented young writer Elizabeth Wurtzel earns a scholarship to Harvard, she sees it as her chance to escape the pressures of her working-class...

The Velvet Underground - Velvet Redux Live MCMXCIII (1993)
Seminal experimental rock band The Velvet Underground, who initially disbanded in 1970, perform a set at L'Olympia in Paris, France in June 1993,...

Danny Says (2015)
DANNY SAYS is a documentary unveiling the amazing journey of Danny Fields. Fields has played a pivotal role in music and culture with seminal acts...

Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar (2016)
Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet (Isabelle Colin Dufresne) and Lower East Side Icon Taylor Mead (Poet/Actor/Artist) share their stories of Manhattan in...

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (2001)
Andy Warhol, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century (who also coined the immortal catchphrase "In the future, everyone will be...

John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music (1998)
Follows John Cale, a Welsh musician and producer, who founded the legendary 60s and 70s NY rock band - the Velvet Underground, with Lou Reed. Cale...

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990)
Iconic American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol is the subject of this documentary, which looks at both his life and his influence on pop culture....

Salvador Dalí (1966)
Salvador Dalí is a 35-minute film directed by Andy Warhol. The film features surrealist artist Salvador Dalí visiting The Factory and...

Screen Test: Lou Reed (1966)
Screen Test of Lou Reed.

The Plastic People of the Universe (2001)
Meet The Plastic People of the Universe, the avant-garde, jazz-rock, Sun Ra meets Velvet Underground, Czech revolutionaries. A tribute to the band...

The Velvet Underground (2021)
Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd...

Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory (2008)
Takes an in-depth look at the lives and times of the people who hung out with Andy Warhol and "worked" at the Silver Factory during the Sixties,...

Decade (1989)
Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on...

Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle (1993)
American Documentary: A documentary celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Co., with news footage, film clips, and...

The Harry Smith Project Live (2006)
Hal Willner's Harry Smith Project concerts in London, New York and Los Angeles celebrated the eccentric collector genius and his influential...

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (2013)
An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections (1990)
This intimate portrait of Andy Warhol pulls together a unique library of material shot by New York film legend Jonas Mekas. Spanning from 1963 to...

Rock & Rule (1983)
A malevolent rock star kidnaps a female singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon and her band must help her stop him.

Lou Reed Live at Capitol Theatre (1984)
Recorded Live in 1984 at Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey 0:00:00 – Sweet Jane 0:04:05 – I’m Waiting For My Man 0:08:15...

New York Rock at the BBC (2008)
Celebrating the cream of the New York rock scene, including classic performances from the Ramones, New York Dolls, Television, Blondie, Lou Reed and...

An Evening with Lou Reed & Metallica - Live at Rockpalast (2011)
Songs from the record "Lulu," and interviews with Lou Reed and Metallica

Lou Reed - Ancienne Belgique 22-05-1974 (1974)
Once Lou moved on from the twin-barrel assault of Hunter/Wagner, he picked up the remnants of supergroup Rhinoceros and killer bassist Prakash John...

Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock (2017)
A reckless joyride into the darkest corners of popular music that delves deep into the mind of Mick Rock, the genius photographer who immortalized...

Zeitkratzer And Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music (2007)
German avant-garde ensemble Zeitkratzer perform their transcription of Lou Reed's landmark double-LP Metal Machine Music alongside Reed himself at...

The Velvet Underground: Loaded (1970)
Classic Album Expanded as a 6-Disc Set w/ Stereo, Mono and Surround Mixes, Rarities, & Live Recordings including Unreleased 1970 Club Performance!

The Making of Rock & Rule (1983)
Documentary on the making of the cult classic Nelvana animated film, "Rock & Rule." Featuring interviews with Lou Reed, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein,...
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Screen Test [ST265]: Lou Reed (Eye) (1966)
Begins with a close-up of Lou Reed’s eye; the camera then zooms out to a slightly broader view of his face. Toward the end he glances briefly...
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Screen Test [ST270]: Lou Reed (Hershey) (1966)
Lou Reed faces the camera, posing with a large, partially unwrapped Hershey chocolate bar held up next to his face. He holds quite still throughout...
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Screen Test [ST264]: Lou Reed (1966)
A close-up of Lou Reed’s mouth, as he takes nine drags on a cigarette, smiles a couple of times, licks his lips, and grimaces. Made for...

The South Bank Show: Velvet Underground (1986)
Season 9 episode 23 of The South Bank Show, highlighing the velvet underground

Patti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998 (1998)
Patti Smith improvises an unfinished song, called "God Running". Part of the cycle of The First 40.

Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair (1988)

Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock (2017)

Zeitkratzer And Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music (2007)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.

Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
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Saturday Night Live (1975)
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture...

The Blues (2003)
The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a...

Popular Voices at the BBC (2017)
Companion programme to Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017) in which Gregory Porter introduces a selection of live performances culled from the BBC...

Classic Albums (1997)
A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a...

Saturday Night Live (1975)
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture...

Seven Ages of Rock (2007)
A definitive landmark series charting the emergence and re-emergence of rock music as a global force, told through the musicians who have shaped this...