Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014Documentary92 mins
★★★★★

Plot

The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-1985), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a ma... read more

  • Chuck Workman

    Director

  • Chuck Workman

    Writer

  • Tom Hurwitz

    Director of Photography

  • Michael Lisnet

    Director of Photography

  • John Sharaf

    Director of Photography

  • Chuck Workman

    Editor

  • Simon Callow

    Himself - Actor and Welles' Biographer

  • Christopher Welles

    Herself - Orson's Oldest Daughter

  • Joanne Hill Styles

    Herself - Orson's Classmate

  • Norman Lloyd

    Himself - Actor

  • Julie Taymor

    Herself - Stage and Film Director

  • Paolo Cherchi Usai

    Himself - G. Eastman House Curator

  • Peter Bogdanovich

    Himself - Filmmaker

  • James Naremore

    Himself - Writer and Film Scholar

  • Elvis Mitchell

    Himself - Film Critic

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum

    Himself - Film Critic

  • Henry Jaglom

    Himself - Filmmaker and Orson's Friend

  • Joseph McBride

    Himself - Welles' Biographer

  • Peter Brook

    Himself - Filmmaker

  • Walter Murch

    Himself - Film and Sound Editor

  • Eric Sherman

    Himself - Filmmaker

  • Costa-Gavras

    Himself - Filmmaker

  • Oja Kodar

    Herself - Actress and Orson's Companion

  • Buck Henry

    Himself - Actor

  • Richard Benjamin

    Himself - Filmmaker

  • Wolfgang Puck

    Himself - Chef

  • Stefan Drößler

    Himself - Film Restorer

  • Michael Dawson

    Himself - Film Restorer

  • Paul Mazursky

    Himself - Filmmaker

  • Frank Marshall

    Himself - Filmmaker

  • Orson Welles

    Himself / Various Roles (archive footage)

  • Micheál MacLiammóir

    Himself - Actor (archive footage)

  • Ruth Ford

    Herself - Actress (archive footage)

  • Norman Corwin

    Himself - Pioneer Radio Producer (archive footage)

  • William Alland

    Himself - Actor (archive footage)

  • Reggie Armour

    Himself - RKO Executive (archive footage)

  • Steven Spielberg

    Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • William Randolph Hearst

    Himself - Tycoon (archive footage)

  • John Houseman

    Himself - Actor (archive footage)

  • William Friedkin

    Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • Robert Wise

    Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • Richard Wilson

    Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • Pandro S. Berman

    Himself - Producer (archive footage)

  • Martin Scorsese

    Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • Suzanne Cloutier

    Herself - Actress (archive footage)

  • Beatrice Welles

    Herself - Orson's Youngest Daughter (archive footage)

    • Runtime

    92 minutes

    Released

    2014-12-12

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Cohen Welles Project

    Updated

    1440 days ago

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