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1915Born, Kenosha
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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 forms, innovative uses of lighting such as chiaroscuro, unique camera angles, sound techniques borrowed…
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2025WeirdWorldTroy2000 (Archive footage)Movie
2025Human Nature in Eleven PartsNarrator "The Scorpion and the Frog" (archive footage)Movie
2025The Scorpion and the FrogNarrator (archive footage)Movie
2024The Battle of Grovers MillRadio Host (voice) (archival footage) · Original StoryMovie
2023From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at MidnightFalstaffMovie
2023Looking Back Before You LeapGeneral Zaroff (voice)Movie
2021My Guest is Orson WellesMovie
2020Hopper/WellesDirectorMovie
2019Cerné par le diableThanksMovie
2019HalstonTheme Song PerformanceMovie
2019Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"(archive footage)Movie
2018The Other Side of the WindJournalist (uncredited) · Director · Editor · ScreenplayMovie
2018Silent TimesThanksMovie
2018The Brother Side of the WakeThanksMovie
2017The Magic History of CinemaMovie
2016Embers & DustProfessor Richard Pierson / Self (voice) (archive sound)Movie
2016Passage to MarsTheme Song PerformanceMovie
2015BucketThanks · 1 episodeShow
2014Tim May Presents ReptileThanksMovie
2013Too Much JohnsonKeystone Kop (uncredited) · Director · Producer · Screenplay · EditorMovie
2012The Debridement of RomeThanksMovie
2012Magic Mirror MazeMovie
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)Movie
2012Welcome to the BasementTheme Song Performance · 1 episodeShow
2011Incident at BarstowThanksMovie
2010JucyElephant Lamp (archive sound)Movie
2010Variations on a High School RomanceThanksMovie
2010Beer and Board GamesThanks · 1 episodeShow
2010L'antre du MeaThanks · 1 episodeShow
2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack CardiffGenghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)Movie
2010Dahmer vs. GacyThanksMovie
2009Hollywood sul TevereMovie
2009Lucifer et moi(archive footage 1982)Movie
2008F for favorOriginal ConceptMovie
2007The DeepRuss Brewer · Director · Producer · ScreenplayMovie
2007The HitchhikerOriginal ConceptMovie
2005Orson Welles Talks With Roger Hill(Self) · DirectorMovie
2005The WellMovie
2005Orson Welles UncutMovie
2004The Hitch HikerRonald AdamsMovie
2002Filming 'The Trial'Producer · DirectorMovie
2002The Magnificent AmbersonsOriginal Film WriterMovie
2002The Movie Movie (An Excerpt)(archive footage)Movie
2001Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IVThanksMovie
2001NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 3NarratorMovie
2000Moby DickCaptain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage) · Theatre Play · Director · EditorMovie
1999One Man BandPresenter / Various · Director · Writer · EditorMovie
1999The Big Brass RingWriterMovie
1999According to Occam's RazorMovie
1999Hi-FiMovie
1998As Long as He LivesThanksMovie
1998The Way to SantiagoWriterMovie
1997The Big Brass RingWriterMovie
1997The Hearts of AgeOriginal ConceptMovie
1996Treasury of Children's StoriesTheme Song PerformanceMovie
1994Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of LoversTheme Song PerformanceMovie
1993It's All TrueDirectorMovie
1993Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson WellesMovie
1993Historias Breves 0: Distant encountersThanksMovie
1992Don QuixoteDirector · Producer · Screenplay · EditorMovie
1989Dieter & AndreasThanksMovie
1989ContinentalThanksMovie
1988WaxworkThanksMovie
1988On the tracks of a filmmakerOrson WellesMovie
1987Someone to LoveDanny's FriendMovie
1986Unseen LolloDirector · WriterMovie
1986It's All True: Four Men on a RaftDirector · WriterMovie
1985Scene of the Crime4 episodes · CreatorShow
1985MoonlightingOrson Welles · 1 episode · Thanks · 1 episodeShow
1985The DreamersMarcus Kleek · Director · WriterMovie
1985Orson Welles' Magic ShowDirector · Writer · ProducerMovie
1984Almonds and RaisinsNarratorMovie
1984The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working SailNarratorMovie
1984The Spirit of Charles LindberghDirectorMovie
1984Where Is Parsifal?KlingsorMovie
1983The WitchingMr. CatoMovie
1983Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?Magician (uncredited)Movie
1983The Psychic ConnectionNarratorMovie
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