About the Screening
Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom) tells the story of legendary director Orson Welles during the final 15 years of his life, as he struggled to make a comeback with one last radical gamble - a film to sum up all that he had lived and learned during his life in Hollywood. This untold chapter of one of the greatest careers in film history shows that until the end, Welles was writing his own narrative as he always had, defiant and unbowed.
Includes a post-film discussion with director Morgan Neville. Moderated by Tim Grierson, Senior U.S. Critic at Screen International.
Morgan Neville is an Academy Award, Grammy Award and Emmy Award-winning director known for his work as a cultural documentarian. His acclaimed film 20 Feet From Stardom won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary as well as a Grammy Award for Best Music Film. His documentary Best of Enemies, on the debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley, was shortlisted for the 2016 Academy Award and won an Emmy Award. Neville has been nominated for four additional Grammys for his films: Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, Muddy Waters: Can’t Be Satisfied, Johnny Cash’s America, and The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. Neville’s other films include The Cool School, Shotgun Freeway and Beauty Is Embarrassing. Recent projects include Ugly Delicious, Keith Richards: Under the Influence, Abstract: The Art of Design and Won’t You Be My Neighbor, a documentary about Fred Rogers which was released by Focus Features in 2018 and has become one of the best reviewed and highest grossing documentaries of the year.