Directing · b. 1915 · Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

Orson Welles

Biography

George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio. Noted for his innovative dramatic productions as well as his distinctive voice and personality, Welles is widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished dramatic artists of the twentieth century, especially for his significant and influential early work—despite his notoriously contentious relationship with Hollywood. His distinctive directorial style featured layered, nonlinear narrative form...

Directed
Hopper/Welles 2020 The Other Side of the Wind 2018 The Deep 2007 Orson Welles Talks With Roger Hill 2005 Moby Dick 2000 One Man Band 1999 It's All True 1993 Don Quixote 1992 It's All True: Four Men on a Raft 1986 The Dreamers 1985 Orson Welles' Magic Show 1985 The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh 1984 Filming 'The Trial' 1981 Filming Othello 1979 The Orson Welles Show 1979 F for Fake 1973 An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon 1970 The Merchant of Venice (Rushes) 1970 An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince 1970 An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain 1970 An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow 1970 An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah 1970 An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy 1970 The Merchant of Venice 1969 The Immortal Story 1968 Vienna 1968 The Heroine 1967 Chimes at Midnight 1965 The Trial 1962 Five Columns on the Front Page: Hong Kong as seen by Orson Welles 1960 Touch of Evil 1958 Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina 1958 The Fountain of Youth 1958 Orson Welles and People: Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers 1956 The Land of the Basques 1955 Mr. Arkadin 1955 Orson Welles' Sketch Book 1955 Moby Dick—Rehearsed 1955 Othello 1951 The Miracle of St. Anne 1950 Macbeth 1948 The Lady from Shanghai 1947 The Stranger 1946 It's All True 1943 The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 Citizen Kane 1941 Citizen Kane Trailer 1940 The Green Goddess 1939 Too Much Johnson 1938 The Hearts of Age 1934 Twelfth Night 1933
Cinematography
Acting
The Scorpion and the Frog Narrator (archive footage) 2025 Human Nature in Eleven Parts Narrator "The Scorpion and the Frog" (archive footage) 2025 WeirdWorld Troy2000 (Archive footage) 2025 Othelo The Great Self (archive footage) 2024 Aliens Uncovered: Close Encounters Self 2024 Jim Henson Idea Man Self (archive footage) 2024 From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight Falstaff 2023 Looking Back Before You Leap General Zaroff (voice) 2023 It's Pretty, but is it Art? Self (voiceover) 2023 American: An Odyssey to 1947 Self (archive footage) 2022 Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend Self (archive footage) 2022 Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues Self (archive footage) 2022 The Welles Raft Himself (Archive Footage) 2022 Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2021 Parkinson at 50 Self (archive footage) 2021 Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles Self 2021 The Blinding of Isaac Woodard Self (archive footage) 2021 The Real Charlie Chaplin Self (archive footage) 2021 Morceaux de Cannes 2021 Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind Self (archive footage) 2020 Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" (archive footage) 2019 They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Self (archive footage) 2018 The Eyes of Orson Welles Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage) 2018 Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2018 The Magic History of Cinema 2017 Embers & Dust Professor Richard Pierson / Self (voice) (archive sound) 2016 This Is Orson Welles Self 2015 Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance Self (archive footage) 2014 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage) 2014 Jodorowsky's Dune Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2013
Other Credits
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