Orson Welles filmography
This is the filmography of Orson Welles.
Production
Completed feature films
Year | Title | Notes |
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1941 | Citizen Kane | Director, producer, co-screenwriter (with Herman J. Mankiewicz)[1] |
1942 | The Magnificent Ambersons | Director, producer, screenwriter (based on the novel of the same name by Booth Tarkington)[2] |
1943 | Journey into Fear | Co-director (uncredited, with Norman Foster), producer (uncredited), co-screenwriter (uncredited, with Joseph Cotten)[3]:377[4]:306 |
1946 | The Stranger | Director, co-screenwriter (uncredited, with John Huston (also uncredited), Anthony Veiller and Decla Dunning from a screen story by Victor Trivas)[5] |
1947 | The Lady from Shanghai | Director, producer, co-screenwriter (with William Castle (uncredited), Charles Lederer (uncredited), and Fletcher Markle (uncredited), based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King)[6] |
1948 | Macbeth | Director, producer, screenwriter (uncredited, based on the stage play of the same name by William Shakespeare)[7] |
1951 | Othello | Director, producer, screenwriter (based on the stage play of the same name by William Shakespeare)[3]:410 |
1955 | Mr. Arkadin | Director, screenwriter, art direction, costume design (based on original radio scripts by Ernest Bornemann and Welles, adapted from the radio series The Lives of Harry Lime originally produced for radio by Harry Alan Towers (uncredited), in turn adapted from the screenplay The Third Man by Graham Greene)[3]:416–417 |
1958 | Touch of Evil | Director, screenwriter (based on the novel Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson)[8] |
1962 | The Trial | Director, screenwriter (based on the novel of the same name by Franz Kafka) [3]:429 |
1965 | Chimes at Midnight | Director, screenwriter, costumes (based on the character Falstaff created by William Shakespeare and the book Holinshed's Chronicles by Raphael Holinshed[3]:432 |
1968 | The Immortal Story | Director, co-screenwriter (with Louise de Vilmorin, based on the short story of the same name by Karen Blixen)[3]:434[9] |
1973 | F for Fake | Co-director (with François Reichenbach (uncredited), Gary Graver (uncredited), and Oja Kodar (uncredited)), co-screenwriter (with Kodar) and actor[3]:442 |
1992 | Don Quixote de Orson Welles | Director (with Jesús Franco (second unit director), principal cinematographer Jack Draper (originally shot between 1957 and 1972, released posthumously) |
2018 | The Other Side of the Wind | Director, co-screenwriter (with Oja Kodar), co-producer (with Dominque Antoine, Andrés Vicente Gómez, Frank Marshall and Filip Jan Rymsza), co-editor (with Bob Murawski) (originally shot between 1970 and 1976, released posthumously) |
Completed short films
Year | Title | Notes |
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1933 | Twelfth Night | Director; dress rehearsal of Welles's Todd School stage production[3]:330[10]:44 |
1934 | The Hearts of Age | Director (with William Vance), scenario[3]:331 |
1940 | Citizen Kane trailer | Director, screenwriter[3]:360 |
1953 | Magic Trick | [3]:412 |
1969 | The Merchant of Venice | Director, producer, screenwriter[4]:309–310[11] |
1970 | An Evening with Orson Welles | Director, screenwriter; six 30-minute recitations[12]:166 |
1976 | F for Fake trailer | Director, editor[3]:445 |
1978 | Orson Welles's Jeremiah | Director, screenwriter, editor[12]:172 |
1978 | Unsung Heroes | Director, screenwriter, editor[12]:173 |
1984 | The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh | Director, screenwriter, editor[12]:175 |
Completed television programs
Year | Title | Notes |
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1955 | Orson Welles' Sketch Book
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Screenwriter; series of commentaries[3]:417 |
1955 | Around the World with Orson Welles
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Director, screenwriter; series[3]:418 |
1956 | Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers | Director, producer, screenwriter, designer, music arranger; unsold pilot, lost[3]:290, 421[4]:309 |
1958 | The Fountain of Youth | Director, screenwriter, designer, music arranger[3]:424 |
1958 | Portrait of Gina | Director, screenwriter; unsold pilot[3]:423, 519 |
1961 | Orson Welles on the Art of Bullfighting | Director, screenwriter; episode of UK series Tempo[3]:428[4]:309 |
1964 | In the Land of Don Quixote
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Director, producer; series. Filmed c. 1961, aired in 1964.[3]:430–431 |
1978 | Filming Othello | Director, screenwriter[3]:447 |
1979 | The Orson Welles Show | Director, screenwriter; unsold pilot[12]:172 |
Film fragments for stage productions
Year | Title | Notes |
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1938 | Too Much Johnson | Director, co-producer (with John Houseman), screenwriter (unfinished film component of a stage production, based on the novel of the same name by William Gillette)[3]:344[4]:310[13] |
1939 | The Green Goddess | Prologue for a vaudeville program, now a lost film[14]:153 |
1946 | Around the World | Director, producer, screenwriter, editor; film component of Broadway production, now a lost film[4]:310[14]:205–206 |
1950 | The Miracle of St. Anne | Director, screenwriter; film component of a stage production, now a lost film[3]:406[4]:310[14]:230 |
Uncompleted films and television programs
Year | Title | Notes |
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1941–1942 | It's All True | Director (with Norman Foster), producer, screenwriter (with Robert Flaherty)[4]:308[15] |
1950 | An Evening With Orson Welles | Director; two vignettes from the German tour of Welles's stage show; lost[3]:407[4]:311 |
1955 | "The Tragedy of Lurs" | Director, screenwriter; episode from the TV series Around the World with Orson Welles[3]:418[16]:322 |
1955 | Moby Dick—Rehearsed | Director; film version of Welles's London stage production[3]:418 |
1957–1972 | Don Quixote | Director, producer, screenwriter[3]:426[4]:222–228 |
1960 | Orson Welles in Dublin | Director[4]:309 |
1967 | The Heroine | Director, screenwriter[3]:435[4]:311 |
1967–1970 | The Deep | Director, producer, screenwriter[3]:437–438 |
1968 | Vienna | Director, screenwriter; segment for the unfinished Orson's Bag TV special[3]:434, 437[4]:309–310[16]:233–234 |
1968–1971 | One Man Band | Director, screenwriter; also known as Orson Welles' London[12]:164–165[17] |
1981 | Filming The Trial | Director, screenwriter, editor[12]:174 |
1980–1982 | The Dreamers | Director, screenwriter, editor[12]:173 |
1976–1985 | Orson Welles' Magic Show | Director, producer, screenwriter, editor[12]:170–171 |
1985 | King Lear | Director, screenwriter; test footage[12]:175 |
Performance
Films and television programs
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1937 | The Spanish Earth | Narrator | Joris Ivens | [10]:617[18] |
1940 | Swiss Family Robinson | Narrator | Edward Ludwig | Uncredited[19] |
1941 | Citizen Kane trailer | Himself | Orson Welles | [3]:360 |
1941 | Citizen Kane | Charles Foster Kane | Orson Welles | [1] |
1942 | The Magnificent Ambersons | Narrator | Orson Welles | [2] |
1943 | Journey into Fear | Colonel Haki | Norman Foster | [3]:377 |
1943 | Jane Eyre | Edward Rochester | Robert Stevenson | Also associate producer (uncredited)[3]:175[20]:329 and consultant on the promotional short film, Three Sisters of the Moors[21] |
1943 | Know Your Ally: Britain | Narrator/Bob (helpful taxi passenger) | Robert Stevenson | Short film (uncredited)[22][23] |
1944 | Follow the Boys | Himself | Edward Sutherland | [19] |
1945 | Mexico City, Old and New | Narrator | Produced by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs and the Mexican Tourist Association[24][25] | |
1946 | Tomorrow Is Forever | John MacDonald/Erich Kessler | Irving Pichel | [19] |
1946 | The Stranger | Franz Kindler/Professor Charles Rankin | Orson Welles | [5] |
1946 | Duel in the Sun | Narrator | King Vidor | Uncredited[3]:185 |
1947 | The Lady from Shanghai | Michael O'Hara | Orson Welles | [6] |
1948 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Orson Welles | [7] |
1949 | Black Magic | Cagliostro/Josef Balsamo | Gregory Ratoff | Also director of his own scenes (uncredited)[3]:404 |
1949 | The Third Man | Harry Lime | Carol Reed | Also writer of some of his own dialogue (uncredited)[3]:403–404 |
1949 | Prince of Foxes | Cesare Borgia | Henry King | [19] |
1950 | The Black Rose | Bayan | Henry Hathaway | [19] |
1950 | Disorder | Himself | Jacques Baratier | Short film[3]:409[26] |
1951 | Othello | Othello | Orson Welles | [3]:410 |
1951 | Return to Glennascaul | Himself | Hilton Edwards | Short film[3]:409[27] |
1952 | Little World of Don Camillo | Voice of Christ | Julien Duvivier | Also dubbing director, English-language version[26] |
1952 | Trent's Last Case | Sigsbee Manderson | Herbert Wilcox | [19] |
1953 | Man, Beast and Virtue | Captain Perella | Steno | [3]:414 |
1953 | King Lear | King Lear | Peter Brook | TV debut[3]:415 |
1954 | Royal Affairs in Versailles | Benjamin Franklin | Sacha Guitry | [3]:414 |
1954 | Trouble in the Glen | Sanin Cejador y Mengues | Herbert Wilcox | [3]:416 |
1955 | Three Cases of Murder | Lord Mountdrago | George More O'Ferrall | "Lord Mountdrago" segment; also director of his own scenes (uncredited)[3]:416 |
1955 | Napoléon | Hudson Lowe | Sacha Guitry | [28] |
1955 | Mr. Arkadin | Gregory Arkadin | Orson Welles | [3]:417[29] |
1955 | Orson Welles' Sketch Book | Himself | Orson Welles | TV series[3]:417 |
1955 | Around the World with Orson Welles | Himself | Orson Welles | TV series[3]:418 |
1956 | Ford Star Jubilee | Oscar Jaffe | Paul Nickell | Episode: "Twentieth Century" (April 7)[3]:420[30][31] |
1956 | Moby Dick | Father Mapple | John Huston | [19] |
1956 | Out of Darkness | Narrator | Albert Wasserman | CBS-TV documentary about mental patients and hospitals, with medical narration by Dr. William C. Menninger (March 18)[3]:419[32] |
1956 | I Love Lucy | Himself | James V. Kern | Episode: "Lucy Meets Orson Welles" (October 15)[3]:421[33] |
1956 | Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers | Himself | Orson Welles | TV pilot[3]:290, 421[4]:309 |
1957 | Man in the Shadow | Virgil Renchler | Jack Arnold | [19] |
1958 | The Fountain of Youth | Host/narrator | Orson Welles | TV pilot shot in 1956[3]:424 |
1958 | Portrait of Gina | Himself | Orson Welles | TV pilot[3]:423, 519 |
1958 | The Long, Hot Summer | Will Varner | Martin Ritt | [19] |
1958 | Touch of Evil | Hank Quinlan | Orson Welles | [8] |
1958 | The Vikings | Narrator | Richard Fleischer | Uncredited[19] |
1958 | South Seas Adventure | Narrator | Various directors | [19] |
1958 | The Roots of Heaven | Cy Sedgewick | John Huston | [19] |
1959 | Masters of the Congo Jungle | Narrator | Henry Brandt, Heinz Sielmann | [3]:425[34] |
1959 | Compulsion | Jonathan Wilk | Richard Fleischer | [19] |
1959 | Ferry to Hong Kong | Captain Cecil Hart | Lewis Gilbert | [19] |
1959 | High Journey | Narrator | Peter Baylis | [35] |
1960 | David and Goliath | King Saul | Ferdinando Baldi, Richard Pottier | Also director of his own scenes (uncredited)[3]:264[19] |
1960 | Crack in the Mirror | Hagolin/Lamerciere | Richard Fleischer | [19] |
1960 | Austerlitz | Robert Fulton | Abel Gance | [3]:426 |
1961 | Lafayette | Benjamin Franklin | Jean Dréville | [19] |
1961 | The Tartars | Burundai | Ferdinando Baldi, Richard Thorpe | [3]:426 |
1961 | King of Kings | Narrator | Nicholas Ray | [19] |
1961 | Orson Welles on the Art of Bullfighting | Narrator | Orson Welles | TV[3]:428[4]:309 |
1962 | The Trial | Albert Hastler - The Advocate | Orson Welles | [19] |
1962 | River of the Ocean | Narrator | Peter Baylis | [3]:428[36] |
1962 | Ro.Go.Pa.G. | Film Director | Pier Paolo Pasolini | "La ricotta" segment[3]:430 |
1963 | The V.I.P.s | Max Buda | Anthony Asquith | [19] |
1964 | In the Land of Don Quixote | Himself | Orson Welles | [3]:430–431 |
1964 | The Finest Hours | Narrator | Peter Baylis | [37] |
1965 | A King's Story | Narrator | Harry Booth | [19] |
1965 | Marco the Magnificent | Ackermann | Denys de La Patellière, Raoul Lévy | [19] |
1965 | Chimes at Midnight | Sir John Falstaff | Orson Welles | [19] |
1966 | Is Paris Burning? | Consul Raoul Nordling | René Clément | [19] |
1966 | A Man for All Seasons | Cardinal Wolsey | Fred Zinnemann | [19] |
1967 | Casino Royale | Le Chiffre | Various directors, principally Joseph McGrath | [19] |
1967 | The Sailor from Gibraltar | Louis of Mozambique | Tony Richardson | [3]:433–434 |
1967 | I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Jonathan Lute | Michael Winner | [19] |
1968 | The Immortal Story | Mr. Clay, narrator | Orson Welles | [19] |
1968 | Oedipus the King | Tiresias | Philip Saville | [19] |
1968 | Around the World of Mike Todd | Narrator | Saul Swimmer | [3]:435 |
1968 | House of Cards | Charles Leschenhaut | John Guillermin | [19] |
1968–1969 | Kampf um Rom | Emperor Justinian | Robert Siodmak | [3]:435 |
1969 | Tepepa | Colonel Cascorro | Giulio Petroni | [3]:436[38] |
1969 | The Southern Star | Plankett | Sidney Hayers | Also director of the opening scenes (uncredited)[3]:436 |
1969 | The Merchant of Venice | Shylock | Orson Welles | Short film[4]:310 |
1969 | 12 + 1 | Maurice Markau | Nicolas Gessner, Luciano Lucignani | [3]:437 |
1969 | Battle of Neretva | Chetnik senator | Veljko Bulajic | [19] |
1970 | The Kremlin Letter | Bresnavitch | John Huston | [19] |
1970 | A Horse Called Nijinsky | Narrator | Jo Durden-Smith | [39] |
1970 | Start the Revolution Without Me | Narrator | Bud Yorkin | [19] |
1970 | Catch-22 | General Dreedle | Mike Nichols | [19] |
1970 | Salvador Dalí: A Soft Self-Portrait | Narrator | Jean-Christophe Averty | [26] |
1970 | Waterloo | Louis XVIII | Sergei Bondarchuk | [19] |
1970 | Is It Always Right to Be Right? | Narrator | Lee Mishkin | Animated short film[3]:440 |
1970 | To Build a Fire | Narrator | David Cobham | [3]:437[40] |
1971 | Malpertuis | Uncle Cassavius | Harry Kümel | [3]:440–441 |
1971 | A Safe Place | Magician | Henry Jaglom | [19] |
1971 | Ten Days' Wonder | Theo Van Horn | Claude Chabrol | [3]:440 |
1971 | Freedom River | Narrator | Sam Weiss | [3]:440 |
1971 | Sentinels of Silence | Narrator | Robert Amram | Short film[3]:440 |
1971 | Directed by John Ford | Narrator | Peter Bogdanovich | [19] |
1971 | The Silent Years | Himself (host) | Ricki Franklin | TV series[3]:441 |
1972 | Necromancy | Mr. Cato | Bert I. Gordon | [19] |
1972 | Get to Know Your Rabbit | Mr. Delasandro | Brian De Palma | [19] |
1972 | Future Shock | Host/narrator | Alexander Grasshoff | TV[3]:442 |
1972 | Treasure Island | Long John Silver | John Hough | [3]:443 |
1972 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sheridan Whiteside | Buzz Kulik | Episode: "The Man Who Came to Dinner"[3]:442 |
1972 | Flames of Persia | Narrator | Golestan Farrokh | [41][42] |
1973 | Kelly Country | Narrator | Stuart Cooper | [43][44] |
1973 | Orson Welles Great Mysteries | Host | Alan Gibson, Peter Sykes, Peter Sasdy, Philip Saville, James Ferman, Alan Cooke | TV series[3]:443 |
1973 | Who's Out There? | Himself | Robert Drew | Short film[12]:169[45] |
1973 | F for Fake trailer | Himself | Orson Welles | [3]:445[26] |
1973 | Battle of Sutjeska | Winston Churchill | Stipe Delić | [46]:LII |
1973 | Power and Corruption | Himself | Short educational film about Macbeth[3]:443[47] | |
1974 | F for Fake | Himself | Orson Welles | [3]:442[26] |
1974 | And Then There Were None | Mr. Owen | Peter Collinson | Voice[48] |
1974 | The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art | Himself | Herbert Kline | [19] |
1975 | Bugs Bunny: Superstar | Narrator | Larry Jackson | [19] |
1975 | Survival | Narrator | Episode: "Magnificent Monsters of the Deep"[3]:444 | |
1975 | Rikki-Tikki-Tavi | Narrator | Chuck Jones | Animated short film[12]:169 |
1976 | NBC—The First Fifty Years | Host | Greg Garrison | TV (November 21)[3]:445 |
1976 | Voyage of the Damned | Raoul Estedes | Stuart Rosenberg | [3]:445 |
1977 | Hot Tomorrows | Parklawn Mortuary | Martin Brest | [49] |
1977 | The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed | Narrator | Tim Forbes | [50] |
1977 | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | Narrator | Larry Jordan | [26] |
1978 | Mysterious Castles of Clay | Narrator | Alan Root | [51] |
1978 | The Greatest Battle | Narrator | Umberto Lenzi | English-language version[52] |
1979 | Filming Othello | Himself | Orson Welles | TV[3]:447 |
1979 | The Orson Welles Show | Himself (host) | Orson Welles | TV pilot[12]:172 |
1979 | The Late Great Planet Earth | Himself | Robert Amram, Rolf Forsberg | [19] |
1979 | The New Deal for Artists | Narrator | Wieland Schulz-Keil | TV[53][54][55] |
1979 | The Muppet Movie | Lew Lord | James Frawley | [19] |
1979 | The Double McGuffin | Narrator | Joe Camp | [56] |
1980 | Shōgun | Narrator | Jerry London | TV miniseries[57] |
1980 | A Step Away | Narrator | Roberto Ponce, Marcos Zurinaga | |
1980 | The Greenstone | Narrator | Kevin Irvine | [58] |
1980 | The Secret of Nikola Tesla | J. P. Morgan | Krsto Papic | [59] |
1980 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park | Narrator | [60] | |
1981 | Search for the Titanic | Himself (host) | Michael Harris | [61] |
1981 | The Man Who Saw Tomorrow | Himself | Robert Guenette | [62] |
1981 | History of the World, Part I | Narrator | Mel Brooks | [19] |
1982 | Butterfly | Judge Rauch | Matt Cimber | [19] |
1982 | Genocide | Narrator | Arnold Schwartzman | [19] |
1982 | Slapstick of Another Kind | Alien Father | Steven Paul | [63] |
1983 | Hot Money | Sheriff Paisley | Zale Magder | [26] |
1984 | The Road to Bresson | Himself | Leo De Boer, Jurriën Rood | Documentary |
1984 | Where Is Parsifal? | Klingsor | Henri Helman | [3]:451 |
1984 | In Our Hands | Himself | Robert Richter, Stanley Warnow | [19] |
1984 | The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail | Narrator | Neil Hollander, Herald Mertes | [64] |
1985 | Almonds and Raisins | Narrator | David Elstein, Russ Karel | [19] |
1985 | Scene of the Crime | Himself (host) | TV; short-lived NBC series (April–May)[65]:1201 | |
1985 | Moonlighting | Himself | Peter Werner | Episode: "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" [66] |
1986 | The Enchanted Journey | Pippo | Yakikoto Higuchi | Voice, English-language version[67][68] |
1986 | The Transformers: The Movie | Unicron | Nelson Shin | Voice[19] |
1987 | Someone to Love | Danny's friend | Henry Jaglom | [19] |
Uncompleted films and television programs
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1942 | It's All True | Narrator | |
1955 | "The Tragedy of Lurs" | Presenter | [3]:418[16]:322 |
1955 | Moby Dick—Rehearsed | Actor-Manager, Father Mapple, Captain Ahab | [4]:309 |
1957–1972 | Don Quixote | Himself, narrator, voice of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza | |
1967–1970 | The Deep | Russ Brewster | [3]:437–438 |
1968 | Vienna | Himself | |
1968–1971 | One Man Band | Himself, one-man band, police constable, old battle-axe, old sailor, woman selling violets and dirty postcards, Chinese manager of Ye Olde Strip Club, recorder-player, four old English lords, Count Plumfield | [4]:309–310 |
1970–1976 | The Other Side of the Wind | Narrator | |
1981 | Filming The Trial | Himself | [12]:174 |
1980 | The Dreamers | Marcus Kleek | [3]:448 |
1976–1985 | Orson Welles' Magic Show | Himself | [12]:170–171 |
1985 | King Lear | King Lear | [12]:175 |
Documentaries about Welles
Year | Title | Language | Director | Notes |
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1966 | Orson Welles in Spain | English | Albert and David Maysles | Documentary charting Welles's attempts to attract funding for The Sacred Beasts, later made as The Other Side of the Wind. |
1967 | Portrait: Orson Welles | French | Frédéric Rossif and François Reichenbach | |
1982 | The Orson Welles Story, Parts 1 & 2 | English | Leslie Megahey | Two-part documentary for the BBC's Arena series. |
1987 | The RKO Story: It's All True | English | Charles Chabot and Rosemary Wilton | Documents Welles's time at RKO, including Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Journey into Fear, and It's All True. Episode four of the six-part series The RKO Story. |
1990 | Linguagem de Orson Welles | Portuguese | Rogério Sganzerla | Documentary on Welles and Brazil. |
1991 | The Complete Citizen Kane | English | Leslie Megahey | Feature-length documentary for the BBC's Arena series, on the making of Citizen Kane. |
1992 | Orson Welles: What Went Wrong? | English | Robert Guenette | |
1993 | It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles | English | Bill Krohn, Myron Meisel and Richard Wilson | The making of It's All True, including a partial reconstruction. |
1993 | Rosabella, La storia italiana di Orson Welles | Italian | Gianfranco Giagni and Ciro Giorgini | Documentary on Welles and Italy. |
1993 | Working with Orson Welles | English | Gary Graver | Concentrates on Welles's unfinished projects of the 1970s and 1980s. |
1995 | Orson Welles: The One-Man Band | English/German versions | Vassili Silovic | Concentrates on Welles's unfinished projects from the 1960s to the 1980s. |
1999 | Reconstructing Evil | English | Laurent Bouzereau | The making and re-editing of Touch of Evil. |
1999 | The Battle Over Citizen Kane | English | Thomas Lennon and Michael Epstein | The making of Citizen Kane. |
2000 | Hollywood Remembers: Orson Welles | English | Dante J. Pugliese | Part of the Hollywood Remembers series. |
2000 | L'Affaire Dominici | French | Christophe Cognet | Documentary on Welles's unfinished film, embedding a reconstruction/re-editing of the shot footage. |
2000 | Hollywood Couples: Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth | English | Dante J. Pugliese | Part of the Hollywood Couples series. |
2000 | Orson Welles en el pais de Don Quijote | Spanish | Carlos Rodríguez | Documentary on Welles and Spain. |
2000 | Roma, la citta di Orson Welles | Italian | Ciro Giorgini and Fuori Orario | Documentary on Welles and Rome. |
2002 | Welles, Kafka et Le Proces | French | Philippe Quinconneau | The making of The Trial. |
2003 | Citizen Kane: Anatomy of a Classic, with Barry Norman | English | Ken Barnes | The making of Citizen Kane. |
2004 | Shadowing The Third Man | English | Frederick Baker | The making of The Third Man. |
2005 | Brunnen, aka The Well | Spanish | Kristian Petri | Documentary on Welles and Spain. |
2006 | Men of Mystery: Simon Callow on Orson Welles's Mr. Arkadin | English | Robert Fischer | The making of Mr. Arkadin. |
2006 | Reviving Harry Lime: Harry Alan Towers on Producing Radio Serials with Orson Welles | English | Robert Fischer | The making of The Adventures of Harry Lime. |
2006 | Searching for Orson | English | Dominik Sedlar and Jakov Sedlar | |
2009 | Orson Welles Over Europe | English | Hans Petch | Simon Callow on Welles's European work from the 1940s to the 1970s. |
2011 | Orson Welles: The Gate Theatre | Gaelic | Brian Reddin | Documentary on Welles's 1930s work in Dublin's Gate Theatre. |
2014 | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | English | Chuck Workman | |
2014 | Martian Mania: The Untold Story Behind the War of the Worlds | English | James Cameron | Documentary on Welles's 1938 broadcast of The War of the Worlds. |
2015 | This is Orson Welles | English | Julia Kuperberg and Clara Kuperberg | |
2018 | The Eyes of Orson Welles | English | Mark Cousins | Documentary on Welles's sketchbooks and drawings. |
2018 | They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | English | Morgan Neville | The making of The Other Side of the Wind. |
2018 | A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making | English | Ryan Suffern | Post-production work on The Other Side of the Wind. |
Fictional portrayals
As well as making and appearing in films of his own, a fictionalised version of Welles has been a character in numerous films.
Year | Title | Director | Actor playing Welles | Notes |
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1957 | The Night America Trembled | Tom Donovan | N/A - composite character | Based on the 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds. An episode of the CBS series Studio One. |
1975 | The Night That Panicked America | Joseph Sargent | Paul Shenar | Based on the 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds. Television film. |
1980 | All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special | Walter C. Miller | John Candy | TV comedy special, spoofing the Orson Welles Paul Masson adverts. |
1980 | The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour | Walter C. Miller | John Candy | TV comedy series, spoofing Welles's magic tricks on talk shows. |
1994 | Ed Wood | Tim Burton | Vincent D'Onofrio; voice by Maurice LaMarche | Set during the 1957 filming of Touch of Evil. |
1994 | Heavenly Creatures | Peter Jackson | Welles played by Jean Guérin | according to Wikipedia - Based on the 1954 Parker-Hulme murder case in Christchurch, New Zealand, the film focuses on the relationship between two teenage girls (...) which culminates in the murder of Parker's mother. |
1994-5 | The Critic | Various | Maurice LaMarche (voice) | TV comedy cartoon series, featuring Welles (or the ghost of Welles) as a recurring character, usually spoofing his TV commercials. |
1999 | Cradle Will Rock | Tim Robbins | Angus Macfadyen | Based on the 1937 Broadway staging of The Cradle Will Rock. |
1999 | RKO 281 | Benjamin Ross | Liev Schreiber | Based on the 1940-1 making of Citizen Kane. |
2004 | Five Minutes, Mr. Welles | Vincent D'Onofrio | Vincent D'Onofrio | Set during the 1949 making of The Third Man. Short film (31 minutes). Vincent D'Onofrio, who played Welles in Ed Wood (1994), reprises his role here. Debuted out of competition at the 2004 Venice Film Festival. |
2006 | Fade to Black | Oliver Parker | Danny Huston | Set during the 1947-8 making of Black Magic. |
2008 | Me and Orson Welles | Richard Linklater | Christian McKay | Based on the 1937 staging of Caesar. |
References
- "Citizen Kane". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- "The Magnificent Ambersons". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- Welles, Orson; Bogdanovich, Peter; Rosenbaum, Jonathan (1992). This is Orson Welles. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 0-06-016616-9.
- Berthomé, Jean-Pierre; Thomas, François (2008). Orson Welles at Work. London: Phaidon. ISBN 9780714845838.
- "The Stranger". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- "The Lady from Shanghai". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- "Macbeth". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- "Touch of Evil". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- "The Immortal Story". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
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