Cinematography: Erich Roland

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Erich Roland. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


It Might Get Loud

2008 · Documentary · 98 min. · United States

Direction Davis Guggenheim

Plot A documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White.

7.3

1K votes

7.3

1K votes

From the Sky Down

2011 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Davis Guggenheim

Cast Bono · The Edge · U2 · Larry Mullen Jr.

Plot In the terrain of rock bands, implosion or explosion is seemingly inevitable. U2 has defied the gravitational pull towards destruction, this band has endured and thrived. Filming the recording of...

7.2

176 votes

7.2

176 votes

Einstein

2008 · Documentary · min. · United States

Direction Philip Shane

6.6

26 votes

6.6

26 votes

Waiting for Superman

2010 · Documentary · 102 min. · United States

Direction Davis Guggenheim

Plot Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. As he follows...

6.6

610 votes

6.6

610 votes

He Named Me Malala

2015 · Documentary · 87 min. · United Arab Emirates

Direction Davis Guggenheim

Cast Malala Yousafzai · Ziauddin Yousafzai · Toor Pekai Yousafzai · Khushal Yousafzai

Plot An an intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai, an activist who was wounded when Taliban gunmen opened fire on her and her friends’ school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. Malala became...

6.5

458 votes

6.5

458 votes

The Final Year

2017 · Documentary · 89 min. · United States

Direction Greg Barker

Cast Barack Obama · John Kerry · Samantha Power

Plot A sweeping, insiders' account of President Barack Obama's foreign policy team during their final year as they set out to define their legacy, promote diplomacy - and react to the...

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6.4

102 votes

6.4

102 votes

Manhunt (TV)

2012 · Documentary · 100 min. · United States

Direction Greg Barker

Cast Nada Bakos

Plot This espionage tale goes inside the CIA’s long conflict against Al Qaeda, as revealed by the remarkable women and men whose secret war against Osama bin Laden started nearly a...

Max

6.0

226 votes

6.0

226 votes

Gospel According to Al Green

1984 · Documentary · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Mugge

Plot In this biographical documentary, gospel singer Al Green is profiled in his early days of soul music and then in an interview, he reveals how he became a Pentecostal minister...

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Skyscrapers: Going Up

1999 · Documentary · 46 min. · United States

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Les Paul: Chasing Sound (American Masters) (TV)

2007 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction John Paulson

Cast Les Paul

Plot Documentary about Les Paul's life, player, inventor and artist that along all of his life was devoted to the development of electric musical instruments and recording techniques.

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Wrong Man (TV Series)

2018 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Joe Berlinger · Catharine Park · Boaz Halaban · Nell Constantinople

Plot A six-part docu-series investigates the criminal convictions of three people who claim their innocence.

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Out of Ireland (TV)

1995 · Documentary · min. · United States

Direction Paul Wagner

Plot Traces the history of Irish immigration to the United States, following the stories of several families and their journeys to America, including where they ended up.

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India From Above (TV)

2020 · Documentary · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Paramangsu Mukherjee · Ashwin Neal Mani

Cast Dev Patel

Plot This National Geographic documentary showcases the beauty of India through it's natural wonders Fascinating people and diverse cultures for souring heights.

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Deep Blues

1991 · Documentary · 91 min. · United States

Direction Robert Mugge

Cast Robert Palmer · David A. Stewart

Plot This superb documentary vividly illustrates the enduring vitality of country blues, an idiom that most mainstream music fans had presumed dead or, at best, preserved through more scholarly tributes when...

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Ruth: Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words

2019 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Freida Lee Mock

Cast Irin Carmon · Erwin Chemerinsky · Jennifer Carroll Foy · M.E. Freeman

Plot How does some one with three strikes against her, rise to the highest court in the land, the U. S. Supreme Court?

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The Johnstown Flood

1989 · Documentary · 30 min. · United States

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The Century (TV Miniseries)

1999 · Documentary · 720 min. · United States

Cast Peter Jennings · Steve Allen · Don Arabian · A.Scott Berg

Plot Peter Jennings hosted this 6 episode special that reviews some of the most important events of the 20th Century. Each episode is a two part examination of two events in...

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Six Degrees Could Change the World (TV)

2008 · Documentary · 96 min. · United States

Direction Ron Bowman

Plot The film runs through the effect each degree in temperature change has on the world.

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Frontline (TV Series)

1983 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Michael Kirk · Ofra Bikel · Rick Young · William Cran

Cast Will Lyman · Arun Rath · Sarah Childress · Martin Smith

Plot Investigative journalist documentaries.

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One Survivor Remembers

1996 · Documentary · 39 min. · United States

Direction Kary Antholis

Cast Gerda Weissmann Klein · Peter Thomas

Plot Coproduced by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Research Institute, this Academy Award-winning documentary relates the harrowing story of Gerda Weissmann Klein and her journey of survival and remembering both before...

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