John Lennon
Biography
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Along with fellow Beatle Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to his family, but re-emerged in 1980 with a new album, Double Fantasy. He was murdered by Mark Chapman three weeks after its release.
Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, his writing, his drawings, on film, and in interviews, and he became controversial through his political and peace activism. He moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport him, while his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement.
As of 2010, Lennon's solo album sales in the United States exceed 14 million units, and as writer, co-writer or performer, he is responsible for 27 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002, a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth, and in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all-time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
Acting (251 movies)
A Hard Day's Night
1964
The Movie Orgy
1968
El Rey en Londres
1966
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
Let It Be
1970
Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!
2021
Under the Volcano
2021
Magical Mystery Tour
1967
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
2000
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
Beatles Stories
2011
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
1964
The Day the Music Died
1977
How I Won the War
1967
Help!
1965
Zappa
2020
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
2022
Things They Said Today
2002
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
2010
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
2019
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022
Louder Than Rock
2023
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
Take Your Pills
2018
The Beatles and India
2021
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
2010
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
1977
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
2008
The Beatles: Help!
2007
The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
2009
The Beatles Unauthorized
1996
The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
1964
Imagine
1972
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
2010
Fun with the Fab Four
1986
The Beatles on Record
2009
Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
2008
Sweet Toronto
1971
The Mersey Sound
1963
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
2011
LennoNYC
2010
John Lennon: One to One Concert Live in New York
1986
Eat the Document
1972
John Lennon: His Life, His Legacy, His Last Days
2020
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
2019
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
2010
Our World
1967
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
2008
Apotheosis
1970
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
Life In Ten Pictures: John Lennon
2021
Parkinson at 50
2021
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Good Ol' Freda
2013
John Lennon - Imagine
1972
The Beatles Come to Town
1963
The Beatles: Something
1969
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
2005
The Beatles: Revolution
1968
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
1979
Mighty Good: The Beatles
1977
Happy Birthday to John
1997
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995
The Beatles Explosion
2007
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
2012
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
2018
Brazil in Cannes
1971
The Real Buddy Holly Story
1985
The Beatles: Parting Ways
2009
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
2023
The Beatles and the BBC
2023
The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)
1966
The Beatles: A Celebration
1999
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
1996
The King
2018
This Is Elvis
1981
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
1963
Fire in the Water
1977
Paul McCartney: Got Back
2023
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
2018
The Beatles: Hey Jude
1968
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
2022
Beatles på Sverigeturné
2014
When the Music's Over
1983
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999
Reflections on Love
1966
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
2003
Genius
2012
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
2022
Wingspan
2001
Directing (14 movies)
Imagine
1972
Fly
1970
Rape
1969
Apotheosis
1970
Erection
1971
John Lennon - Imagine
1972
Two Virgins
1968
Magical Mystery Tour
1967
Up Your Legs Forever
1971
Bed Peace
1969
Self-Portrait
1969
The John Lennon Video Collection
1992
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
2003
Abbey Road
1969
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Magical Mystery Tour | 1967 | Producer |
| Magical Mystery Tour | 1967 | Writer |
| Two Virgins | 1968 | Writer |
| Bed Peace | 1969 | Writer |
| Self-Portrait | 1969 | Writer |
| Abbey Road | 1969 | Writer |
| Rape | 1969 | Writer |
| Did Britain Murder Hanratty? | 1970 | Producer |
| Let It Be | 1970 | Executive Producer |
| Freedom | 1970 | Writer |
| Apotheosis | 1970 | Writer |
| Fly | 1970 | Writer |
| Oh! Calcutta! | 1972 | Writer |
| Imagine | 1972 | Producer |
| Imagine | 1972 | Writer |
| John Lennon: One to One Concert Live in New York | 1986 | Producer |