
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 |