Michael Wadleigh

Directing

Michael Wadleigh

Born

1939-09-24 (87)

Place of birth

Akron, Ohio, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Wadleigh (born September 24, 1942) is an American movie director and cinematographer renowned for his groundbreaking documentary of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, Woodstock. A native of Akron, Ohio, Wadleigh entered films in his early twenties as a cinematographer on independently-produced low-budget films David Holtzman's Diary and I Call First (both 1967), and My Girlfriend's Wedding (1969). Billed as Michael Wadley, he gained notice for his work from critics who followed independent and underground films, but the films, primarily aimed at a specialized and counterculture audience, brought him no financial success. In April-May 1969, Wadleigh…

Known for

Wolfen poster
5.9

A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.

Wolfen

1981

Woodstock poster
7.6

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.

Woodstock

1970

Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock Definitive Collection poster
8.0

Jimi Hendrix: Life at Woodstock features all known existing film footage from Jimi's unforgettable August 1969 Woodstock concert newly re-edited and presented uninterrupted and in its original performance sequence.

Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock Definitive Collection

2005

Woodstock: The Lost Performances poster
9.0

A compilation of some of the performances that didn't make it into the original Woodstock documentary.

Woodstock: The Lost Performances

1990

Uncovering Wolfen poster
NR

After the huge financial and cultural success of WOODSTOCK (1970), filmmaker and political activist Michael Wadleigh spent many years in Hollywood writing scripts that were never produced. However, WOLFEN (1981), his only other major motion picture, was. After that he would never complete another feature film again. This is the story of that film.

Uncovering Wolfen

2015

Film credits

Behind the camera

Wolfen poster
5.9

A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.

Wolfen

1981

Wolfen poster
5.9

A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.

Wolfen

1981

Wolfen poster
5.9

A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.

Wolfen

1981

Woodstock poster
7.6

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.

Woodstock

1970

Woodstock poster
7.6

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.

Woodstock

1970

Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock Definitive Collection poster
8.0

Jimi Hendrix: Life at Woodstock features all known existing film footage from Jimi's unforgettable August 1969 Woodstock concert newly re-edited and presented uninterrupted and in its original performance sequence.

Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock Definitive Collection

2005

Woodstock: The Lost Performances poster
9.0

A compilation of some of the performances that didn't make it into the original Woodstock documentary.

Woodstock: The Lost Performances

1990