Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
Documentary • 1ч 32м
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
TMDB rating:
6.5
(35)
Cast
Simon Callow
Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer
No photo
Christopher Welles
Self - Orson's Oldest Daughter
No photo
Joanne Hill Styles
Self - Orson's Classmate
Norman Lloyd
Self - Actor
Julie Taymor
Self - Stage and Film Director
Paolo Cherchi Usai
Self - G. Eastman House Curator
Peter Bogdanovich
Self - Filmmaker
No photo
James Naremore
Self - Writer and Film Scholar
Elvis Mitchell
Self - Film Critic
No photo
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Self - Film Critic
Henry Jaglom
Self - Filmmaker and Orson's Friend
Joseph McBride
Self - Welles' Biographer
Peter Brook
Self - Filmmaker
Walter Murch
Self - Film and Sound Editor
No photo
Eric Sherman
Self - Filmmaker
Costa-Gavras
Self - Filmmaker
No photo
Oja Kodar
Self - Actress and Orson's Companion
Buck Henry
Self - Actor
Richard Benjamin
Self - Filmmaker
Wolfgang Puck
Self - Chef
No photo
Stefan Drößler
Self - Film Restorer
No photo
Michael Dawson
Self - Film Restorer
Paul Mazursky
Self - Filmmaker
Frank Marshall
Self - Filmmaker
Crew
Charles S. Cohen
Producer
Chuck Workman
Director
Patrick Cicero
Sound Editor
Judie Tallman
Makeup Artist
Chuck Workman
Writer
Patrick Katz
Assistant Editor
Alice Henty
Co-Producer
John Sharaf
Director of Photography
Tom Hurwitz
Director of Photography
Michael Lisnet
Director of Photography
Chuck Workman
Editor
Alice Murrell
Makeup Artist
Recommendations
Spielberg
2017
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
The Eyes of Orson Welles
2018
Jodorowsky's Dune
2013
I Am Heath Ledger
2017
Frank and Ollie
1995
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
The Pixar Story
2007
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
Music by John Williams
2024
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
Stan Lee
2023
Dear Mr. Watterson
2013
I Am Ali
2014
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Similar
Grizzly Man
2005
No poster
The Exotic Locations of 'The World Is Not Enough'
2006
When My Sorrow Died: The Story of Armen Ra and The Theremin
2015
Au Hasard Bresson
1967
The Man Who Returns from Above
2004
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
1992
Hans Bethe꞉ Prophet of Energy
1980
Harumi
2019
The Case of Bruno Lüdke
2021
No poster
Animated Motion: Part 1
1976
No poster
Untitled Barbra Streisand Documentary
Framing Britney Spears
2021
The Guerilla is a Poet
2013
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
2021
Juanas, bravas mujeres
2019
The Comeback
1980