Bob Dylan
Biography
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and painter. He has been a major figure in music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler, and an apparently reluctant figurehead, of social unrest. Though he is well-known for revolutionizing perceptions of the limits of popular music in 1965 with the six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone," a number of his earlier songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements.
His early lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social and philosophical, as well as literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, and the performance styles of Buddy Holly and Little Richard, Dylan has both amplified and personalized musical genres, exploring numerous distinct traditions in American song—from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly, to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing.
Dylan performs with guitar, keyboards, and harmonica. Backed by a changing line-up of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central to his career, but his greatest contribution is generally considered to be his songwriting.
Since 1994, Dylan has published three books of drawings and paintings, and his work has been exhibited in major art galleries. As a songwriter and musician, Dylan has received numerous awards over the years including Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Awards; he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2008, a road called the Bob Dylan Pathway was opened in the singer's honor in his birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota. The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."
Acting (122 movies)
Dont Look Back
1967
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
2022
Bob Dylan - TV Live & Rare 1963 - 1975
2004
Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms
1993
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
2023
Masked and Anonymous
2003
Bob Dylan: The Best of Bob Dylan
2005
Bob Dylan: MTV Unplugged
1994
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007
The Last Waltz
1978
Bob Dylan: at Woodstock '94
1994
Live Aid
1985
The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
2007
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
Bob Dylan: Busy Being Born
2020
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
John Mellencamp: It's About You
2012
The Concert for Bangladesh
1972
Eat the Document
1972
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
2007
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018
Hearts of Fire
1987
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
2021
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
2019
Bob Dylan Revealed
2011
Renaldo and Clara
1978
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Experimental Night
1991
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
1979
Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music
1969
YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls
2011
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
1993
The Making of Sun City
1985
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024
Bob Dylan: Hard Rain
1976
Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert
1986
Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood
2012
Bob Dylan Quest Television Special
1964
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan
2006
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985
The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971
2007
Mavis!
2015
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
1965
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
2021
The Discreet Françoise Hardy
2016
Festival
1967
The People Speak
2009
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
2007
Robbie Robertson: Going Home
1995
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
2017
Johnny Cash: Live On Air
2008
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
2009
Paradise Cove
1999
Catchfire
1990
Dylan Speaks
1965
Bob Dylan After the Crash 1966-1978
2006
Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert
1999
Johnny Cash's America
2008
Bob Dylan: Roads Rapidly Changing - In & Out of the Folk Revival 1961 - 1965
2015
Tales From a Golden Age: Bob Dylan 1941-1966
2004
Bob Dylan: 1978-1989 - Both Ends of the Rainbow
2008
Bob Dylan: 1990-2006 - The Never Ending Narrative
2011
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
2004
Legend of Lead Belly
2013
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
2004
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
2003
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Screen Test [ST83]: Bob Dylan
1965
Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks
1970
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
1991
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
2019
The Rolling Stones: Bridges To Buenos Aires
2019
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
2020
Sweet Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield
2013
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
2019
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
2020
The Best Of Beat
2003
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
Rolling Thunder Revue - 1975-1976 Video Anthology
2004
Bob Dylan and The Band: 1969-1970 Compilation
2006
My Darling Vivian
2020
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993
Live Aid
2004
Bob Dylan & Phil Lesh & Friends – Baltimore Arena 1999
2020
Born In Chicago
2013
Bob Dylan: The Blood of the Lamb
2011
Bob Dylan - Live At The House Of Blues
2005
Seattle Supersonic
2005
65 Revisited
2007
The Bob Dylan Phenomenon
2007
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
2006
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
2005
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
2021
The Madhouse on Castle Street
1963
Getting to Dylan
1987
Bob Dylan: Shadow Kingdom
2021
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Dont Look Back | 1967 | Original Music Composer |
| Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | Original Music Composer |
| Renaldo and Clara | 1978 | Writer |
| Masked and Anonymous | 2003 | Writer |
| Bob Dylan - TV Live & Rare 1963 - 1975 | 2004 | Original Music Composer |