Direction: Chuck Workman

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Chuck Workman. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014 · Documentary · 94 min. · United States

Direction Chuck Workman

Cast Orson Welles · Jeanne Moreau · Peter Brook · Costa-Gavras

Plot Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles looks at the remarkable genius of Orson Welles on the eve of his centenary - the enigma of his career as...

6.7

232 votes

6.7

232 votes

What Is Cinema?

2013 · Documentary · 80 min. · United States

Direction Chuck Workman

Cast Mike Leigh · Jonas Mekas · David Lynch · Michael Moore

Plot Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker...

6.3

69 votes

6.3

69 votes

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV)

1995 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Chuck Workman

Cast Peter Coyote · Robert Altman · Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle · Fred Astaire

Plot Documentary based on the first anniversary of the most important exporter of films in the world as it is Hollywood, this story is told by actors and actresses as well...

6.0

26 votes

6.0

26 votes

Precious Images (S)

1986 · Documentary · 8 min. · United States

Direction Chuck Workman

Plot A cross-cut of nearly 100 years of American movies. We see the most precious film sequences that we all remember: From "Citizen Kane" to "Star Wars", from "Some like it...

6.0

62 votes

6.0

62 votes

100 Years at the Movies (TV) (S)

1994 · Documentary · 9 min. · United States

Direction Chuck Workman

Plot The first commercially available movie in the United States aired on Broadway in New York City on April 14, 1894. The footage shown there was viewed through a narrow slot...

5.6

81 votes

5.6

81 votes

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

1990 · Documentary · 87 min. · United States

Direction Chuck Workman

Cast Joan Agajanian Quinn · Jean-Michel Basquiat · Irving Blum · Stephen Bruce

Plot A look at the life, work, and impact of Andy Warhol (1928-1987), pop icon and artist, from his childhood in Pittsburgh to his death after a botched surgery. Warhol coined...

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Cuba Crossing

1980 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Chuck Workman

Cast Stuart Whitman · Robert Vaughn · Woody Strode · Albert Salmi

Plot Adventurer gets caught up in a plot to kill Fidel Castro.

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The Source (TV)

1999 · Documentary · 88 min. · United States

Direction Chuck Workman

Cast Johnny Depp · Dennis Hopper · John Turturro

Plot Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs in 1997. Three actors provide dramatic...

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