Biography
Gary Giddins (born 1948) is an American jazz critic and author. He wrote for The Village Voice from 1973; his "Weather Bird" column ended in 2003. In 1986 Gary Giddins and John Lewis created the American Jazz Orchestra which presented concerts using a jazz repertory with musicians such as Tony Bennett.For five years, Giddins was the executive director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Filmography
all 18
Movies 16
self 15
TV Shows 2
Director 2
Self
Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes (2020)
Movie
Self
In Full Swing (2019)
Movie
Self
Zuza Homem de Jazz (2018)
Movie
Self - Critic & Biographer
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2017)
Movie
Self
A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D (2017)
Movie
Self
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015)
Movie
Self
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered (2014)
Movie
Self
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas (2013)
Movie
Self
Gershwin's Summertime: The Song That Conquered the World (2011)
Movie
Self
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010)
TV
Self - music and film historian
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi' (2008)
Movie
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris (2008)
Movie
Self
Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox (2008)
Movie
Self / Self - music critic
Jazz (2001)
TV
6
Self
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1999)
Movie
Self
Saxophone Colossus (1998)
Movie
Director
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong (1992)
Movie
Director
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker (1989)
Movie
Ratings
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1948-03-21 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship, American Book Awards
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