Annie Leibovitz: Life Through A Lens
Barbara Leibovitz
USA
2007
- What is a photographer’s life?
- It’s just a life looking through a lens.
142", Betacam SP
Color and Black & White, English
about the film
Described by producer Susan Lacy as “an artist as famous as her subjects”, American photographer Annie Leibovitz has been documenting contemporary cultural icons since 1972, for magazines such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Vogue. She is the photographer behind iconic images like John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1981 shoot, which was made into an award-winning Rolling Stone cover and which was shot hours before Lennon’s assassination, or pregnant Demi Moore’s Vanity Fair cover. Leibovitz has redefined the celebrity portrait by infusing her images with rich colour and astonishing presentation. She doesn’t shy from the serious either, covering the war in the Balkans or bearing witness to the scandalous trial of O. J. Simpson. Granted unrestricted access, her sister Barbara began shooting this documentary in 2006. The result is an intimate look at the life of an artist, on the job and on numerous shoots, but it is also a revealing portrait of Leibovitz the person as she discusses issues like her very private 15-year relationship with Susan Sontag, or her decision to have children late. Leibovitz, you notice, walks through life lightly. Open and down-to-earth, you sense that she is gifted by her ability to be entirely herself, whether shooting the milkman, or the Queen.
about the director
Barbara Leibovitz began her career in 1987 at the CBS News program 48 Hours.
1995’s Salvaged Lives was Leibovitz's feature-length documentary debut. After completing that, Leibovitz also produced for the series Your Mind and Body. In collaboration with her partner Jaime Hellman, she has written, directed and produced award-winning documentaries for PBS and networks such as Discovery Channel, National Geographic, CNN, TBS, and Discovery Health.
awards
2007 Deauville Amerikan Film Festival
Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Hong Kong Film Festival
Warsaw Film Festival
screenings
| February 15 Friday, 10:00 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 1 |
| February 22 Friday, 1:00 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 1 |
| February 28 Thursday, 4:00 PM AFM CEPA Ankara 4 |
credits
- Director
- Barbara Leibovitz
- Cinematography
- Eddie Marritz, Jamie Hellman, Barbara Leibovitz
- Music
- Gaili Schoen
- Editing
- Kristen Huntley, Jed Parker
- Cast
- Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tina Brown, Graydon Carter, Rosanne Cash, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Whoopi Goldberg, Mick Jagger, Bette Midler, Demi Moore
- Producer
- Barbara Leibovitz
- Production Co.
- Thirteen/WNET, Adirondack Pictures, Ranoah Productions
- Distribütör
- D Productions: Doğan TV Center 34204 Bağcılar İstanbul, Tel: +90 212 413 59 13 Fax: +90 212 413 59 51
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