Carlos SantanaFilmography

Born:: July 20, 1947 in Autlan De Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico
Occupation:: Actor, Composer (Music Score)

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Rock Prophecies

Actors: Robert Knight, Tyler Dow Bryant, ZZ Top, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, The Cab, Adelita's Way, Chris Iorio, Scott McKeon, Jed Leiber, Steve Vai

Synopsis: Photographer Robert Knight has been capturing rock & roll history through his camera lens since the late '60s, snapping some of the earliest appearances of Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and the Rolling Stones. But not content to be merely a classic-rock dinosaur, Knight continues to champion and Read More

8/14/09
Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions

Actors: Curtis Mayfield, Sam Gooden, Fred Cash, Altheida Mayfield, Carlos Santana

Synopsis: This documentary charts the career of the influential Impression, led by the incomparable Curtis Mayfield, by interspersing interviews with various people with live footage of the band in action. Among the songs performed during the course of the program are "People Get Ready," "Woman's Got Soul," Read More

2008
My Secret Record, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Biz

Actors: Carlos Santana, John Mayer, Rob Thomas, Alicia Keys, Robert Randolph

Synopsis: Produced by the rocker himself, this documentary from director Gillian Grisman presents a warts-and-all look at Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas. The film follows Thomas as he navigates the showbiz landscape, attempting to create a solo record while maintaining artistic integrity. The process Read More

2007
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

Actors: Herbie Hancock, Christina Aguilera, Sting, John Mayer, Raul Midón

Synopsis: Ordinary music soars to extraordinary heights as gifted keyboardist Herbie Hancock joins forces with a variety of well-known music superstars to offer a completely original listening experience. As Hancock collaborates with such artists as Paul Simon, Annie Lennox, Sting, and John Mayer, the Read More

4/14/06
Santana: Live By Request

Actors: Carlos Santana

Synopsis: Santana: Live By Request captures the legendary guitarist Carlos Santana leading his band through a dozen numbers including "Oye Como Va," "Evil Ways," and "Black Magic Woman." The set also includes a performance of his hit single "Smooth," with Rob Thomas and a rendition of "Game of Love," with Read More

2005
Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue

Synopsis: Widely considered one of the landmark albums in history and the starting point for jazz-rock fusion, Miles Davis' {^Bitches Brew} ranked as one of the one hundred greatest albums of all time in a Rolling Stone magazine poll published in 1987. Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue captures Davis Read More

2004
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux 2004

Actors: Carlos Santana, Jeff Cressman, Bill Ortiz, Chester Thompson, Myron Dove

Synopsis: Montreux Music Festival regular Carlos Santana takes the stage with some of the most respected musicians of his generation for a historic concert entirely comprised of songs about peace and understanding. Dubbed "Hymns for Peace," the performance found Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Ravi Coltrane Read More

2004
Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival

Actors: Eric Clapton

Synopsis: Shot at The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX, this concert film features rock legend Eric Clapton and a host of other musicians performing before a live audience. Among the songs viewers will find in Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival are Clapton's own "Cocaine," Robert Cray's "Time Makes Two," Joe Walsh Read More

2004
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me

Actors: John Lee Hooker

Synopsis: The late John Lee Hooker was an icon of American blues music. Merging a spare, skeletal guitar style and unusual song structures with a propulsive sense of rhythm earned him a reputation as "the King of the Boogie." Hooker's music provided a stylistic bridge between the rural blues of the '30s and Read More

2004
Carlos Santana Presents Blues at Montreux 2004: Buddy Guy, Clarence Gatemouth Brown

Actors: Carlos Santana, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Bobby Parker, Buddy Guy

Synopsis: The Montreux Music Festival gets an infectious case of the blues as Carlos Santana assumes the roles of musical director and special guest guitarist for this memorable night of music captured live on July 12, 2004 and featuring three of the biggest names in blues guitar. In the first set, Bobby Read More

2004
Everybody Says I'm Fine!

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Rehaan Engineer, Koel Purie, Pooja Bhatt, Anahita Uberoi, Rahul Bose

Synopsis: A new voice in Bombay's growing new wave, Rahul Bose spins this boisterous tale about love and secrets. Xen (Rehaan Engineer) is a popular hairdresser with a curious gift -- he can read the thoughts of people by touching their hair. Of course, such ability comes at a price. Following a bizarre Read More

5/16/03
Francisco Sanchez: Paco de Lucía

2002
Angels: Beyond the Light - Amazing Stories of Divine Encounters

Synopsis: Do angels exist? And if they do, what are they? This documentary features interviews with a number of people who discuss how their lives were touched (both physically and spiritually) by the presence and intervention of spiritual messengers sent by God. Angels: Beyond the Light - Amazing Stories Read More

2002
John Lee Hooker: That's My Story

Actors: John Lee Hooker

Synopsis: John Lee Hooker was one of the last great stars of postwar electric blues. His style was both unique an influential: a hard-driving electrified boogie that was as powerful as it was primal, marrying the essence of country blues with the muscle of its big city counterpart. {^John Lee Hooker Read More

2001
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!

Actors: Sting, Cheb Mami, George Clinton, Mary J. Blige

Synopsis: This concert documentary, originally shown in the big-definition, giant-screen IMAX process, offers a glimpse of some of pop music's biggest stars working their magic on stage and discussing their craft behind the scenes. The Dave Matthews Band teams up with soul music legend Al Green for a Read More

2001
Santana: Supernatural Live

Actors: Carlos Santana

Synopsis: Over 30 years after Carlos Santana released his first album, he enjoyed the greatest success of his career with {^Supernatural}, in which the gifted guitarist and his band joined forces with some of pop's leading hitmakers, exposing his fiery fusion of blues, jazz, rock, and Latin sounds to a Read More

2000
Ricky Martin: One Night Only

Actors: Ricky Martin, José Feliciano, Carlos Santana

Synopsis: In this performance program, Latin singing sensation and heartthrob Ricky Martin rips through some of his biggest hits before an appreciative audience. Stars like Carlos Santana make appearances. Also included is behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the man himself discussing how he Read More

1999
Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz

Actors: Bob Belden, Joachim Ernst Berendt, Art Blakey, Ron Carter, John Coltrane

Synopsis: Blue Note Records was founded in the 1930s and has played a vital role in the development of jazz for more than 60 years. Important works by some of the greatest jazz musicians in history -- John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, and many others Read More

1997
Carlos Santana: Influences

Synopsis: One of rock's most gifted guitar players discusses the musicians who have had the greatest impact on his musical thinking in this documentary. Carlos Santana: Influences features the master guitarist speaking about three giants of the instrument -- jazz artists Wes Montgomery, Gabor Szabo, and Bola Sete Read More

1995
Latino Session

Synopsis: A Spanish language version of this program is available. Great musicians come together to perform salsa, mambo and improv works. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1993
Carlos Santana: Sacred Fire - Live in Mexico

Synopsis: Filmed in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, and Caracus, this music performance video gives you Carlos Santana, with a 25 year career as a guitarist, offering up Sacred Fire, Live In Mexico. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1993
Viva Mandela!

Crew: Featured Music

1990
Santana: Viva Santana (A Conversation with Carlos)

Synopsis: Take a twenty year trip down memory lane and review the highlights of the band's history. Footage from Woodstock, The Ed Sullivan Show and numerous tours is included. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1989
Dominoes: An Uncensored Journey through the '60s

Synopsis: This musical extravaganza features the sights and sounds of the sixties and archival footage of some of the most brilliant musical performers, like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, CSNY, The Dead and many others - raw and uncensored. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1988
The All-Star Reggae Session

1988
Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter: Live at the 1988 Montreux Jazz Festival

Actors: Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter

Synopsis: Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana takes the stage with longtime friend and revered jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter in this performance captured live on stage at the 1988 Montreaux Jazz Festival. With unforgettable renditions of such hits as "Once It's Gotcha", "Spiritual", and "Europa", this is Read More

1988
A Reggae Session

Actors: The Neville Brothers, Jimmy Cliff, Chrissie Hynde, Grace Jones, Rita Marley

Synopsis: A host of legendary reggae performers meet up in Fort Charles, Jamaica to stage a once in a lifetime musical event spanning two generations in an all-star reggae mega-concert featuring unforgettable performances by Bunny Waller, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, Chrissie Hynde, Toots Hibbert Read More

1988
La Bamba

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Songwriter

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna de Soto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, Joe Pantoliano

Synopsis: Lou Diamond Phillips plays legendary 1950s rocker Ritchie Valens (born Ricardo Valenzuela), in this musical biography. Before scoring radio and concert success with hits like "La Bamba", "C'mon Let's Go", and "Donna", Valens was a 15-year-old migrant worker who worked with his mother Connie (Rosana De Soto Read More

7/22/87
Santana: Live

Actors: Santana, Carlos Santana, Dave Matthews Band, Tony Lindsay
Santana: In Concert

Actors: Santana, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson