Filmworker

Filmworker (2018)

The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.

Date de sortie
2018-05-11
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (81)
Durée
1 h 34 min
Genres
Documentaire
Réalisateur
Tony Zierra

Distribution

Anecdotes

Filmworker is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Tony Zierra about Leon Vitali, a successful British actor who, after playing the role of Lord Bullingdon in the Stanley Kubrick-directed Barry Lyndon, gave up his acting career to work for decades as Kubrick’s assistant. Filmworker premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival on May 19 and was nominated for the L'Œil d'or, le prix du documentaire – Cannes.

Production

Director Tony Zierra was working on another Kubrick related project when he met Leon Vitali. After extensively interviewing Vitali, Zierra and his producing partner, Elizabeth Yoffe, decided that his story should be told and began shooting what would become Filmworker. The film took three years to complete and was shot in California, New York, Kentucky, UK and Sweden.

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