Kevin Brownlow Movies

Documentary about the legendary American film director from his introduction to the film industry in its early years to his death in 1959.

Cartoon Carnival tells the story of the pioneering early days of the animated art-form and chronicles one film preservationist's quest to rescue...

A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker.

Travelogue of two film historians Nikolay Izvolov and Sergey Kapterev who visit world film archives around the globe in search of a lost sound...

Documentary presenting Alan Parker’s view of British cinema with comments from Richard Lester and others and location report from King’s...

55-Minute BBC Arena documentary on the film actress Louise Brooks

A Turner Classic Movies (TCM) documentary about Keaton's discontented relationship with MGM and the events that eventually led to his career downfall.

Three Hours That Shook the World: Observations on Intolerance is an interview with Kevin Brownlow which includes occasional clips and stills from the...

Film editing initially began as a woman's art in France. As veteran film editor, Dede Allen, tell it, "They thought that women were good at little...

Follows the creation of Lindsay Anderson's The White Bus (1968), from pre-production to the shoot and in post.

Part of the "American Masters" series; this documentary shows the career of filmmaking pioneer D.W. Griffith

As the documentary points out, 85 percent of all silent pictures are gone forever because of neglect, abuse, and improper storage of original prints....

The life of an old man, John Cartner Ronson, living alone in a huge block of flats in London since his wife died nine years earlier.

A TCM original production on why silent movies matter, featuring new interviews with Honorary Academy Award winner Kevin Brownlow, filmmaker Bill...

BBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance.

A documentary about the Irish scientist Charlotte Keppel who in the 1930s invented a machine that could see into the past.

A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the teens and early 1920s in America.

The making of Winstanley (1975)

Gerrard Winstanley is the leader of a 17th Century religious group that believes the land should be owned communally. His convictions bring him into...

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the basic features of detergency using animated diagrams and live action photography.