FILMOGRAPHY
CALLIOPE MEDIA PRODUCTIONS
The Julliard Experiment (2016) Calliope Media, 85 mins. Trailer
Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance (2013) Calliope Media, 90 mins. Clip
Colouring Light: The Artist Brian Clarke (2011) Calliope Media, 60 mins. Clip
Set the Piano Stool on Fire (2010) Calliope Media in association with ZDF, ARTE and Artificial Eye, 76 mins and 56 mins. Clip
Saved by Music: The Wallfisch Family (2010) Calliope Media in association with ZDF, ARTE and the European Broadcasting Union, 52 mins. Clip
Soweto Strings In Performance (2008) Calliope Media, 70 mins.
Soweto Strings (2007) Calliope Media in association with BBC, 90 and 60 mins. Clip
Hungary 1956 Our Revolution (2006) Calliope Media in association with Les Films d’Ici, BBC, ARTE France, 60 mins. Clip
Mario Lanza: Singing to the Gods (2005) Calliope Media in association with BBC & BBC World, 60 mins. Clip
Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart (2003) Calliope Media in association with BBC and ARTE France, 59 mins. Clip
Joe Zawinul: A Musical Portrait (2004) Calliope Media in association with BBC and BBC Worldwide, 59 mins. Clip
Paris Brothel (“Maisons closes, maisons d’illusion”) (2003) Calliope Media in association with BBC, ARTE France and On Line Productions (Paris) 64 mins. Clip
Films by Mark Kidel
Becoming Cary Grant (2017) Yuzu Productions, ARTE France, ro*co Films. Trailer
The Island of 1000 Violins (2015) Artline Films, ARTE France, PTS.
Martin Amis’s England (2013) Les Films d’ici 2, ARTE, BFI.
Fabienne Verdier: Painting the Moment (2013) Les Films d’ici 2. Clip
Road Movie: A Portrait of John Adams (2013) Ex Nihilo in association with Calliope Media. Clip
Colouring Light: The Artist Brian Clarke (2011) Calliope Media. Clip
Set the Piano Stool on Fire (ALFRED BRENDEL AND KIT ARMSTRONG) (2010) Calliope Media in association with Artificial Eye and ZDF. Clip
Saved by Music: The Wallfisch Family (2010) Calliope Media in association with ZDF and the EBU. Clip
Soweto Strings (2007) Calliope Media, BBC. Clip
A Journey with Peter Sellars (2007) AGAT Films, Calliope Media, WildArt Films, ARTE France. Clip
Hungary 1956: Our Revolution (2006) Calliope Media in association with Les Films d’Ici, BBC, ARTE France. Clip
Henri Oguike: Second Frame (2006) Les Films d’Ici, ARTE France.
Mario Lanza: Singing to the Gods (2005) A portrait of the world-famous Italian-American tenor and screen actor. Calliope Media, BBC. Clip
Susheela Raman: Indian Journey (2005) A documentary about the award-winning British world musician’s exploration of her roots in Tamil Nadu (India), Les Films d’Ici, ARTE France.
Joe Zawinul: A Musical Portrait (2005) Calliope Media, BBC. Clip
Imber: England’s Lost Village (2004) A documentary made in conjunction with a commission by Artangel from Georgian composer Giya Kancheli of a Requiem for a Wiltshire village that was evacuated in the last world war to be used for military manoeuvres. Artangel Media and BBC.
Rave (2003) Film version of Karole Armitage’s dance piece Les Films d’Ici for ARTE.
Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart (2003) The first portrait of the world’s leading video artist. Calliope Media for BBC and ARTE. Clip
Free Will and Testament: The Robert Wyatt Story (2002) Documentary and performance film about one of Britain’s most original musicians. Somethin’ Else for BBC.
Paris Brothel (2003) A film exploring the world of one of France’s most central social and cultural institutions of the interwar years, the ‘maisons closes’. Calliope Media for ARTE and BBC. Clip
Glastonbury 2002 (2002) A two-and-a-half hour music documentary about the world famous music festival. A collaboration between the BBC, ARTE France, Ex Nihilo Films (Paris).
Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds (2001) Feature-length portrait of the century’s most important Indian classical musician. With JP Weiner Productions (NYC, Paris) and Agat Films (Paris). (ARTE, NHK, BBC). Clip
Ravi Shankar in Concert (2002) Filmed performance at London’s Union Chapel.
Leon Fleisher: Lessons of a Master (2001) The extraordinary life of Artur Schnabel’s star piano pupil, and how he has overcome the 30-year paralysis of his right hand. With Les Films d’ici for ARTE. 60 mins. Clip
Alfred Brendel: Man and Mask (2000) Portrait of one of the world’s greatest classical pianists – for BBC-2 special to celebrate his 70th birthday in early January 2001. Broadcast on Christmas day 2000. 70mins. Rosetta Pictures for BBC, ARTE. Clip
Brendel in Performance (2000) A rare performance film, shot at Snape Maltings, in which Brendel plays Mozart, Haydn and Schubert. 50minutes. Rosetta Pictures for BBC, ARTE.
Les Hopitaux Meurent Aussi (2000) A film about the closure of one of Paris’s oldest hospitals, and a reflection on death, grief and memory. Writer, producer and director. 77 minutes. ARTE, Les films d’ici. Clip
Naked and Famous: Tricky (1997) Black Bristol musician Tricky explores his roots in his home town. Documentary for Channel 4, Morgane Production and ARTE. Producer and director. 50 minutes. Rosetta Pictures. Clip
Tricky Live (1997) Tricky’s April 1997 show at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Producer and director 50-minutes for Channel Four. Rosetta Pictures.
Wild Ballerina (1997) A Profile of Karole Armitage. Portrait of US choreographer, around the New York presentation of her “Predators’ Ball”, a multimedia piece based on the Wall Street junk bond scandals of the 80’s. 50-minutes. Writer and director. Les films d’ici for ARTE.
Balthus the Painter (1996) The first definitive documentary profile of one of the century’s greatest painters. For BBC1’s Omnibus. 50-minutes. Writer and director. Rosetta Pictures / RM Arts. Clip
Just Dancing Around? (1996) Richard Alston: Exploration of the working methods of Britain’s top contemporary dance choreographer. For Channel Four series including Trisha Brown and William Forsythe. 52 minutes. Director. Euphoria Films.
Norman Foster (1995) A profile of the internationally renowned architect for BBC1’s Omnibus and RM Arts (Munich). 50-minutes. Producer, writer and director. Rosetta Pictures / RM Arts, BBC1. Clip
Dreamtown: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool (1995) Portrait of England’s favourite seaside for BBC-2 theme night on Blackpool (50 minutes) With Blackpool-born actor David Thewlis. Writer and director BBC2.
Edgard Varese (1995) Portrait of one of the 20th century’s most original composers. 60 minutes. Writer and director. Les films d’ici for ARTE, BBC.
Boy George: Boy Next Door? (1994) Profile of Boy George for BBC-1’s OMNIBUS Writer,producer and director Third Eye Productions for BBC. Clip
Architecture of the Imagination (1994) Series of 5 x 30 minute films about the symbolism of doors, windows, staircases, bridges and towers. BBC2.
Kind of Blue (1994) An essay on melancholia. 52 minutes. Producer, writer and director. Channel Four. Best Film Royal Television Society Award Clip.
The Heart Has Reasons (1993) An essay about heart disease and the symbolism of the heart. Writer, producer and director. 52 minutes. Channel Four. Clip
Pygmies in Paris (1992) A 45-minute documentary about a visit to Paris by a group of Bayaka pygmies. A reflection on the packaging of traditional culture for the ‘world music’ market. Writer, director and co-producer. A co-production of the BBC, La SEPT and les Films D’Ici.
Derek Jarman: A Portrait (1991) 60-minute portrait for BBC2’s ARENA, looking at Jarman’s life and work as a painter, writer and film-maker. Writer, producer and director.
Something Rich and Strange (1991) Portrait of contemporary composer Iannis Xenakis. Writer, Producer and Director. 60 minutes. BBC and RM Arts.
Bamako Beat: Music from Mali (1991) 50 minute film for BBC2’s world music series Rhythms of the World. A series of traditional and modern performances from the best musicians in Mali. Writer, producer and director. Clip
Le Paris Black (1990) 60 minute film for BBC2’s Arena on the French capital’s twentieth century romance with all things African. Writer, producer and director. Clip
Under African Skies (1989) Two 60 minute films in this series about the relationship between music, culture and society in Mali and Algeria. For BBC2.
New York: The Secret African City (1989) 60-minute film for BBC2’s Arena, exploring the multifaceted presence of African culture in New York with Robert Farris Thompson, Professor of Art History at Yale. Producer and director. Clip