Documentaries on Beckett and his Work

1. Interview Jack McGowran / Edward Albee (USA, 1971)

  • NYPL


2. What?.. Who?.. No!.. She! (UK, 1977, 32 mins)

  • UL-AVC
  • Directed by: David R. Clark
  • With: Billie Whitelaw, James Knowlson

 

3. Folio (Ireland, 1978, 25 mins)

  • RTE

 

4. Otomar Krejca: Entretien (France, 1978)

  • CNRS
  • Directed by: Denis Bablet and René Lubin


5. Thirty-nine Today, Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape (UK, 1978)

  • UL-AVC
  • With: James Knowlson, Max Wall


6. Mettre en scéne aujourd'hui (France, 1981)

  • Atelier Théâtral de Louvain-la-neuve
  • Written by: Denis Bablet
  • Directed by: Jacquie Hanich and Fran¿ois Didio
  • With: Denis Bablet, Armand Delcampe


7. The Making of Rockaby (UK, 1982, 58 mins)

  • BBC
  • Directed by Alan Schneider
  • With: Billie Whitelaw, Alan Schneider
  • Distributed by: D.A. Pennebaker


8. Comédie de Samuel Beckett (France, 1984)

  • CNRS
  • About the making of Comédie by Théâtre des Arthevains in 1984, with excerpts from a production directed by Beckett in 1964


9. Silence to Silence (Ireland, 1984, 95 mins)

  • RTE
  • Directed by: Sean O'Mordha
  • With: David Warrilow, Seamus Fonda, Susan Fitzgerald


10. Samuel Beckett: Anniversaire 80 ans (France, 1986)

  • Antenne 2
  • With: Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Chabert, Tom Bishop


11. Wall on Beckett (UK, 1986, 54 mins)

  • London Weekend Television
  • With: Max Wall


12. Godot in San Quentin (USA, 1988, 29 mins)

  • Global Village
  • Directed by: John Reilly
  • With: Jan Jonson


13. Interview Billie Whitelaw and Walter Asmus (Germany, 1988)

  • SDR with Reiner Moritz


14. Waiting for Beckett (USA, 1988, 90 mins)

  • Global Village


15. Samuel Beckett: A Tribute (Ireland, 1989, 23 mins)

  • RTE
  • With: John Banville, Colm O'Brian, Barry McGovern, David Warrilow


16. Adieu l'amour (France, 15 mins, b&w film 35mm)

  • Directed by: Cécile Patingre
  • With: Pierre Chabert


17. Beckett and the Television Text (USA, 26 mins)

  • Visual Press
  • Directed by: Jacques Audoir
  • With: Walter Asmus, Herbert Blau, Robert Corrigan, Martin Esslin, John Fuegi, Kathleen Woodward, members of San Quentin Drama Workshop
  • Distributed by: Smithsonian Institution Press (USA); Les Éditions du Seuil (France); Reiner Moritz (elsewhere)


18. Film II (USA, 20 mins)

  • All American Artists
  • Directed by: James di Fonzo
  • About Film, 1965


19. Soirée Samuel Beckett (France)

  • INA
  • Directed by: Pierre Bureau
  • With: Michel Mitrani, Roger Blin, Ludovic Janvier, Genevieve Serreau