Biography
Alan Lomax was an American field collector of folk music of the 20th century. He was also a folklorist, ethnomusicologist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activist, oral historian, and film-maker. Lomax produced recordings, concerts, and radio shows in the US and in England, which played an important role in both the American and British folk revivals of the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s. He collected material first with his father, folklorist and collector John A. Lomax, and later alone and with others, Lomax recorded thousands of songs and interviews for the Archive of American Folk Song, of which he was the director, at the Library of Congress on aluminium and acetate discs.
Filmography
all 17
Movies 16
Director 8
self 4
Producer 1
TV Shows 1
Writer 1
Self / Director / Producer
Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass (2012)
Movie
Archival Footage
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home (2006)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Lomax the Songhunter (2004)
Movie
Director / Producer
Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966 (1996)
Movie
Director
Appalachian Journey (1991)
Movie
Director
Cajun Country (1991)
Movie
Director
Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old (1991)
Movie
Self
American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America (1990)
TV
Director
Jazz Parades: Feet Don't Fail Me Now (1990)
Movie
Self
The Ballad of Ewan MacColl (1990)
Movie
Director
The Land Where the Blues Began (1979)
Movie
Director
Step Style (1977)
Movie
Sound Recordist
Dana Can Deal (1976)
Movie
Director
Dance and Human History (1974)
Movie
Thanks
Green Mansions (1959)
Movie
Director
Oss Oss Wee Oss (1953)
Movie
Writer
To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947)
Movie
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1915-01-31
Deathday2002-07-19 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceAustin, United States of America
FatherJohn Lomax
SiblingsBess Lomax Hawes
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsNational Medal of Arts, Guggenheim Fellowship, Library of Congress Living Legend, Grammy Trustees Award
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