Tony Visconti

Tony Visconti

Movies for Tony Visconti...

The Sparks Brothers
Title: The Sparks Brothers
Character: Self
Released: June 18, 2021
Type: Movie
Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron & Russell Mael, celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your favorite band’s favorite band.
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David Bowie: Finding Fame
Title: David Bowie: Finding Fame
Character: Self
Released: February 9, 2019
Type: Movie
Coming 50 years after the release of Space Oddity, the 90-minute film explores the Bowie before Ziggy Stardust, following the period from 1966 when he changed his name from David Jones to Bowie. It includes footage from the BBC Archives including footage of a BBC audition in 1965 of David Bowie and the Lower Third, which included a performance of Chim-Chim-Cheree and Baby That's A Promise.
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Hansa Studios: By the Wall 1976-90
Title: Hansa Studios: By the Wall 1976-90
Character: acting
Released: January 8, 2018
Type: Movie
Few recording studios in the world can claim to have hosted the simply incredible list of musicians that found their way into Berlin’s Hansa Studios, standing virtually alone in the wasteland, metres from the Berlin Wall.
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The Making of Marc Bolan
Title: The Making of Marc Bolan
Character: Himself
Released: September 16, 2017
Type: Movie
On the 40th anniversary of his death, this documentary tells the story of how East End boy Mark Feld became T-Rex frontman and icon Marc Bolan. Featuring friends, family and well-known fans.
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David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Title: David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Character: Self
Released: January 7, 2017
Type: Movie
In the last five years of his life, David Bowie ended nearly a decade of silence to engage in an extraordinary burst of activity, producing two groundbreaking albums and a musical. David Bowie: The Last Five Years explores this unexpected end to a remarkable career. Made with remarkable access, Francis Whately’s documentary is a revelatory follow-up to his acclaimed 2013 documentary David Bowie: Five Years, which chronicled Bowie’s golden ‘70s and early-‘80s period.
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Never Turn Your Back On Sparks
Title: Never Turn Your Back On Sparks
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2014
Type: Movie
As he turns 50, filmmaker Pini Schatz sets out to explore his life-long obsession with the band Sparks (the brothers Ron and Russell Mael). Pini charts the impact of Sparks on his life while meeting with fellow Sparks fans, among them famous musicians, in Tel Aviv, London, Berlin, Rotterdam and NYC. Structured as a personal quest of the filmmaker to prove that Sparks are the coolest underrated band in the history of popular music, this docu-comedy explores the universal themes of growing old and being an outsider, the importance of art in daily life and the power of non-conformism.
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David Bowie: Five Years
Title: David Bowie: Five Years
Character: Self
Released: May 25, 2013
Type: Movie
Featuring a wealth of previously unseen archive, this film looks at how Bowie continually evolved: from Ziggy Stardust to the Soul Star of Young Americans, to the ‘Thin White Duke’. It explores his regeneration in Berlin with the critically acclaimed album Heroes, his triumph with Scary Monsters and his global success with Let’s Dance. With interviews with all his closest collaborators, David Bowie - Five Years presents a unique account of why Bowie has become an ‘icon of our times’.
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Marc Bolan: The Final Word
Title: Marc Bolan: The Final Word
Released: July 28, 2007
Type: Movie
A documentary which examines Marc Bolan's childhood ambitions of fame and where it led him, using previously lost TV and radio interviews, rediscovered Top of the Pops recordings, unseen concert footage and unique home movies.
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Title: Seven Ages of Rock
Character: Self
Released: May 19, 2007
Type: TV
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 most enduring of genres.
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Title: Legends
Character: Self
Released: November 17, 2006
Type: TV
The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.
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David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Title: David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Character: Self
Released: November 12, 2003
Type: Movie
A documentary, which takes you on a journey of Bowie's revolutionary career, struggle with his personal life and his achievements and successes. Features interviews with Bowie, Iman his wife, his musical contemporaries including Iggy Pop, Moby and Trent Reznor. Exclusive footage of live performances of the showman's best and music and film to showcase 30 years of his career. Highlights Bowie's interests, passions and involvement with the arts.