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Gary Giddins

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American director and writer

United StatesDirectorsBorn 1948 · age 78
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Gary Giddins 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.

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Filmography 15

Tab Hunter Confidential2015 · ★ 7.3
Saxophone Colossus1998
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band2015
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered2014
'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris2008
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker1989
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong1992
Thank Heaven! The Making of 'Gigi'2008
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong1999
Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox2008
A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D2017
In Full Swing2019
Zuza Homem de Jazz2018
Miles Goes Modal
Black Orpheus and That Bossa Nova Sound!2010

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Television 2

Soundbreaking2016
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood2010

Awards 3

1998National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism
1987American Book Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship

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About this person

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
living
Dates
Born 1948 · age 78
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6 languages

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