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
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...
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...
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
Direction Kurt Sayenga
Cast James Brolin · Cesar Pelli · Charles Thornton
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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
Direction Charles Guggenheim
Cast Len Cariou
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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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