David Hockney Movies

An assessment of the 20th century's best known artist and his vast achievements through the insights and speculations of over a dozen participants....

Using over 50 years of archive footage, this film looks back at the life and career of David Hockney.

Whimsical portrait of photographer and designer Cecil Beaton during a photo session with David Bailey.

Hockney talks about his 40 year love affair with photography.

Artist David Hockney discusses his theory that artists were secretly using optical devices such as mirrors and lenses in creating their work as early...

Before Brian De Palma became a narrative film maker he made documentaries. Among them is The Responsive Eye, which chronicles the Museum of Modern...

To mark his fiftieth birthday in 1988, London's Tate Gallery staged a major retrospective of his work. Melvyn Bragg joined David Hockney for an...

Based upon the theme of Faust. Filmed in Paris and London.

The film gives an insight into the minds of leading creative figures of our time and their thoughts on the relationship between technology and...

He is a major figure in the pop art movement; one of the most popular and influential artists of his generation. The motifs and colors of his...

Four young people pinpoint the attitudes that have contributed to the phenomenon of swinging London.

A man decides to edit a documentary on the 1960's at a remote cabin in the Scottish Highlands.

Once dubbed the 'king of cool', a look at the man behind the silky voice as Tony Bennett - civil rights activist, jazz enthusiast, painter and New...

Filmed at the time Hockney was painting Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy, Portrait of David Hockney is made up of a limited number of shots, observing the...

The film charts David Hockney's return to the theme of the double portrait, using interviews with his family and closest friends to explore the...

Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler reflects on the 1960s pop art scene in New York.

Filmed in his London studio, David Hockney sits down with Melvyn Bragg to discuss his remarkable life and career, illustrated by a wide range of his...

The devil is hard at work in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress! The three-act opera was premiered at Venice’s La Fenice in 1951 and...

The celebrated British artist discusses his life and work with Melvyn Bragg in his Normandy studio, revealing his influences, inspirations and plans...