Julien Temple Filmography

Born:: November 26, 1953 in London, England, UK
Occupation:: Director, Cinematographer, Screenwriter
Biography:: A graduate of the National Film School, British director/screenwriter Julien Temple is noted for his music-oriented features and documentaries. He first gained critical acclaim with his 1980 rockumentary look at the Sex Pistols in The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (the film was originally to have...Read More

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Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Mick Jones, Nicky "Topper" Headon, Terry Chimes, Iain Gillies, Joe Strummer

Synopsis: Filmmaker Julien Temple takes a look beyond the guise of the late, anti-establishment icon Joe Strummer to offer a warm portrait of the self-described "mouthy little git" who was born John Mellor and was destined to become the frontman for one of the most influential punk bands ever. A complex Read More

11/2/07
Glastonbury

Crew: Cinematographer, Director

Actors: Michael Eavis, T. Rex, Radiohead, R.E.M., Coldplay

Synopsis: In 1970, a music aficionado and entrepreneur named Michael Eavis staged a "pop, folk, and blues" festival on a dairy farm in the English community of Glastonbury, not far from Stonehenge. 1,500 attended the "Glastonbury Fayre," and a second festival followed in 1971. By 2005, The Glastonbury Read More

2/23/07
Let's Rock Again!

Crew: Cinematographer

Synopsis: After the breakup of the wildly influential punk rock band the Clash in 1986, the band's guitarist and frontman, Joe Strummer, largely stayed out of the musical spotlight, and while he released a solo album in 1989 and contributed music to several film soundtracks, he kept out of the public eye Read More

2004
Pandaemonium

Crew: Director

Actors: Linus Roache, John Hannah, Samantha Morton, Emily Woof, Emma Fielding

Synopsis: The troubled friendship and occasional rivalry between two of England's greatest poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, is explored in an unorthodox light in this historical drama from renegade director Julian Temple. As Coleridge (Linus Roache), Wordsworth (John Hannah), and Lord Read More

6/29/01
The Filth and the Fury

Crew: Director

Actors: Paul Cook, Malcolm McLaren, Sid Vicious, Glen Matlock, Steve Jones

Synopsis: Although their career lasted a bit less than two years, few rock bands have made a more dramatic impact than the Sex Pistols, who quickly rose to international infamy as the best-known British punk band, then fell apart shortly after their first American tour in a tempest of drugs, ego, and Read More

3/29/00
Vigo: Passion For Life

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Romane Bohringer, James Frain, Jim Carter, Diana Quick, William Scott-Masson

Synopsis: French filmmaker Jean Vigo made only four films prior to his death in 1934 at the age of 29 (only one a full length feature), but all of them are today recognized as landmarks of the European cinema, and Zero For Conduct and L'Atalante are often cited among the greatest films of their time. Vigo Read More

1999
Bullet

Crew: Director

Actors: Mickey Rourke, Tupac Shakur, Ted Levine, Adrien Brody, John Enos

Synopsis: Seven years after his comedy Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), former music video director Julien Temple returned to feature films with the direct-to-video crime melodrama Bullet (1995), which featured a fine supporting cast. Mickey Rourke stars as Butch "Bullet" Stein, a Jewish junkie from the mean Read More

1995
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Ragged Glory

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Enjoy this selection of titles from the latest album by Neil Young and band including "Farmer John" and "Mansion on the Hill." ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1991
The Rolling Stones: Live at the Max

Crew: Director

Actors: The Rolling Stones, Chuck Leavell, Bobby Keys

Synopsis: The central figures in this documentary/performance are The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood et. al. Filmed at various Stones concerts in Turin, Berlin and London, the film manages to capture the euphoria of a live event due to the IMAX system format: a huge 70mm image Read More

1990
Earth Girls Are Easy

Crew: Director

Actors: Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Julie Brown, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans

Synopsis: In this madcap comedy, Geena Davis plays Valerie, a manicurist living in the valley with her cold fiancé, Dr. Ted Gallagher (Charles Rocket). At the Curl Up and Dye beauty salon where she works, Valerie enlists the help of her boss, Candy Pink (Julie Brown), for some style advice to try and win Read More

5/12/89
Aria

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Theresa Russell, Nicola Swain, Buck Henry, Jackson Kyle, Marianne McLoughlin, Julie Hagerty, Marion Peterson, Tilda Swinton

Synopsis: An international collection of well-known directors contributed to this compilation film, each fashioning a short film inspired by an aria from a famous opera. The approaches vary broadly, from the playful abstraction of Jean-Luc Godard's segment, which illustrates Armide with exercising Read More

3/18/88
Absolute Beginners

Crew: Director, Songwriter

Actors: Eddie O'Connell, Patsy Kensit, David Bowie, James Fox, Ray Davies

Synopsis: The rise of teen culture in 1950s Britain provides the backdrop for Julien Temple's unconventional rock musical Absolute Beginners. The film centers on Colin, an 18-year-old with a talent for photography and a fondness for the neon nightlife of British jazz clubs. He also is in love with Crepe Read More

4/18/86
Mantrap

Crew: Director

Actors: David Palmer, Stephen Singleton, Fry Martin

1986
The Kinks: Come Dancing with the Kinks

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The Kinks have performed together for more than two decades, and unlike many other bands, they have kept their original members. In this film, The Kinks: Come Dancing with the Kinks, the band demonstrates their ability to cover dark subjects like paranoia and confusion, in a light, danceable way. Ray Davies Read More

1986
Mick Jagger: Running Out of Luck

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall, Dennis Hopper, Rae Dawn Chong

Synopsis: In a story powered by the songs on an LP by Mick Jagger, this film is really one long video clip advertising Jagger's album. The plot takes the music from one number to the next, and begins with the rock star and his wife having an argument in Rio which leads to his being mugged and taken to the Read More

1986
The Secret Policeman's Private Parts

Crew: Director

Actors: Peter Cook, Terry Jones

Synopsis: The Secret Policeman's Private Parts, the second of two concert films produced on behalf of Amnesty International, is better photographed than the first (The Secret Policeman's Other Ball) but not quite as enjoyable. As in the earlier film, the show is stolen by the Monty Python aggregation: John Cleese Read More

1984
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Crew: Director

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Pete Townshend, Alan Bennett, John Bird, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Jeff Beck

Synopsis: The highlights of two benefit concerts staged in support of Amnesty International are collected in this British performance film, which features ample helpings of both music and comedy. The members of the Monty Python comedy troupe serve as headliners, performing live variations on some of their Read More

1982
Samson: Biceps of Steel

Crew: Cinematographer, Director

Synopsis: While he later became world famous as the front man for heavy metal heroes Iron Maiden, in 1980 Bruce Dickinson was the singer for up-and-coming New Wave of British Heavy Metal band Samson. That year, Samson made a short film at London's celebrated rock venue the Rainbow Theater, designed to be Read More

1980
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Malcolm McLaren, John (Johnny Rotten) Lydon, Sid Vicious, Paul Cook

Synopsis: Let Malcolm McLaren show you how to achieve fame and fortune by making your pop group the most despised band in the world! This film about the brief but eventful career of The Sex Pistols primarily focuses on McLaren, their manager, as he presents his ten-point program on how to achieve success Read More

1980
UK Subs: Punk Can Take It

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Julien Temple's punk documentary U.K. Subs: Punk Can Take It presents live footage of the seminal punk band and is structured like a parody of WWII era British documentaries. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

1979