Michael Blackwood

Michael Blackwood

Directing

108 films as director · Active 1961–2016

Michael Blackwood Productions is an independent production company that has produced over 150 documentaries on the arts and its contributors, with a focus on architecture and architects, art and artis…

Directed(108)

George Segal

2016George Segal

Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital

2014Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital

The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham

2014The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham

The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires

2014The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires

Kenneth Frampton: A Critical Voice

2012Kenneth Frampton: A Critical Voice

Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture

2012Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture★ 7.0

Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity

2012Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity★ 8.0

The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY

2012The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY★ 3.8

The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor

2012The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor

The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary

2012The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary

David Chipperfield: Form Matters

2012David Chipperfield: Form Matters

Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering

2011Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering

Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering

2010Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering

New York Dance States of Performance

2010New York Dance States of Performance

Cecil Balmond: Visionary Engineer and Architect

2009Cecil Balmond: Visionary Engineer and Architect

Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden

2009Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden

Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering

2009Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering

Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways

2009Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways

Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

2009Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering

2008Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering

Hans Haacke: 4 Decades

2007Hans Haacke: 4 Decades

Vija Celmins: 4 Decades

2007Vija Celmins: 4 Decades

The Imaginary Solutions of Thomas Chimes

2007The Imaginary Solutions of Thomas Chimes

Jeff Wall: Retrospective

2007Jeff Wall: Retrospective

Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies of Industrial Architecture

2007Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies of Industrial Architecture

Brice Marden: 4 Decades

2006Brice Marden: 4 Decades

Elizabeth Murray: 4 Decades

2006Elizabeth Murray: 4 Decades

Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches

2006Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches

Gerhard Richter: 4 Decades

2005Gerhard Richter: 4 Decades★ 7.0

Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades

2005Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades

Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression

2005Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression★ 2.0

Joel Shapiro: 20 Elements

2005Joel Shapiro: 20 Elements

What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968

2004What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968

2004The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney

A Day with Zaha Hadid

2004A Day with Zaha Hadid

Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality

2003Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality

Bernard Tschumi: Architect and Theorist

2003Bernard Tschumi: Architect and Theorist

Conversations with Philip Guston

2003Conversations with Philip Guston

The New Modernists: Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era

2001The New Modernists: Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era

Sol LeWitt: 4 Decades

2001Sol LeWitt: 4 Decades

Art in our Time: Toward a New Museum of Modern Art

2001Art in our Time: Toward a New Museum of Modern Art

Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy

2000Frank Gehry: An Architecture of Joy

Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

1999Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

Steven Holl: The Body in Space

1999Steven Holl: The Body in Space

Victor and Sally Ganz: Discovering Eva Hesse

1999Victor and Sally Ganz: Discovering Eva Hesse

Mel Bochner: Thoughts Made Visible

1997Mel Bochner: Thoughts Made Visible

Louis Kahn: Silence and Light

1996Louis Kahn: Silence and Light★ 9.5

New York Composers: Searching for a New Music

1996New York Composers: Searching for a New Music

1995Reclaiming the Body: Feminist Art in America

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Environmental Art Duo

1995Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Environmental Art Duo

Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move

1995Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move★ 7.0

Robert Morris: Retrospective

1994Robert Morris: Retrospective

Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy

1994Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy★ 6.0

Kisho Kurokawa From Metabolism to Symbiosis

1993Kisho Kurokawa From Metabolism to Symbiosis

The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros

1993The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros

John Hejduk: Builder of Worlds

1992John Hejduk: Builder of Worlds

After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence

1992After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence

Art in an Age of Mass Culture

1991Art in an Age of Mass Culture

Arata Isozaki II: International Projects

1990Arata Isozaki II: International Projects

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

1990Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis★ 8.0

Deconstructivist Architects

1990Deconstructivist Architects

Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects

1989Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects★ 10.0

Tadao Ando

Frank Gehry: The Formative Years

1988Frank Gehry: The Formative Years

4 Artists: Robert Ryman, Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, Susan Rothenberg

19884 Artists: Robert Ryman, Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, Susan Rothenberg

Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

1987Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

Richard Meier

1986Richard Meier

Mies

A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera

1986A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera★ 10.0

Arata Isozaki: Early work in Japan

1985Arata Isozaki: Early work in Japan

Empire City

1985Empire City★ 9.0

Colin McPhee: The Lure of Asian Music

1985Colin McPhee: The Lure of Asian Music

A New Spirit in Painting: 6 Painters of the 1980's

1984A New Spirit in Painting: 6 Painters of the 1980's

Beyond Utopia: Changing Attitudes in American Architecture

1984Beyond Utopia: Changing Attitudes in American Architecture

Motherwell/Alberti

1984Motherwell/Alberti

Philip Guston: A Life Lived

1982Philip Guston: A Life Lived

We Were German Jews

1981We Were German Jews

Pablo Picasso: The Legacy of a Genius

1981Pablo Picasso: The Legacy of a Genius

14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s

198114 Americans: Directions of the 1970s

Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

1980Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

Hans Bethe꞉ Prophet of Energy

1980Hans Bethe꞉ Prophet of Energy

Working with Einstein

1979Working with Einstein★ 7.0

Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective

1979Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective

Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers

1978Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers

Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism

1978Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism

Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World

1978Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World

Artpark People

1976Artpark People

Claes Oldenburg: The Formative Years

1975Claes Oldenburg: The Formative Years

Roy Lichtenstein

1975Roy Lichtenstein

Christo: Works in Progress

1974Christo: Works in Progress

Jasper Johns: Decoy

1973Jasper Johns: Decoy

The Artist's Studio: Jean Dubuffet

1973The Artist's Studio: Jean Dubuffet

Robert Motherwell: Summer of 1971

1972Robert Motherwell: Summer of 1971

The New York School

1972The New York School

Larry Rivers

1972Larry Rivers

American Art in the 1960s

1972American Art in the 1960s

Isamu Noguchi

1972Isamu Noguchi

1971New Yorkers

David Hockney's Diaries

1970David Hockney's Diaries

Jim Dine: London

1970Jim Dine: London

Scenes Seen with Allen Jones

1970Scenes Seen with Allen Jones

Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann

1969Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann

Christo: Wrapped Coast

1969Christo: Wrapped Coast

Monk in Europe

1968Monk in Europe

Monk

1968Monk★ 5.0

Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966

1967Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966

Hütet eure Töchter!

1964Hütet eure Töchter!★ 8.0

Broadway Express

1961Broadway Express

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