Van Dyke Parks

Overview

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Acting
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Birthday
Jan 03, 1943 (82 years old)

Van Dyke Parks

Known For

Peter Case: A Million Miles Away
1h 26m
Movie 2022

Peter Case: A Million Miles Away

Peter Case has lived a life of constant change, soaring highs, and soul-crushing lows. This film walks a million miles in the shoes of one of America’s last great troubadours.

Sayonara America
Movie 2021

Sayonara America

A World Without Beethoven?
1h 26m
Movie 2020

A World Without Beethoven?

"What would the world be like without Beethoven?" That’s the provocative question posed by this music documentary from Deutsche Welle. To answer it, the film explores how Ludwig van Beethoven's innovations continue to have an impact far beyond the boundaries of classical music, 250 years after his birth.

No Smoking
1h 36m
Movie 2019

No Smoking

A documentary about Haruomi Hosono, a musician respected around the world and the music composer of Cannes Palme d'Or winner Shoplifters. The footage traces his encounter with music in early childhood to his days in bands Happy End and YMO to his solo activities. It also includes in-depth coverage from recent years of his first overseas performances in London, New York and Los Angeles. In London, he was joined by Yukihiro Takahashi, and when Ryuichi Sakamoto made a surprise appearance onstage, the YMO members were reunited for the first time in five years, a must-see spectacle captured on film. Written by Nikkatsu

Feats First: The Life and Music of Lowell George
3h 11m
Movie 2015

Feats First: The Life and Music of Lowell George

This film, the first ever to chronicle Lowell George's life, music and career, uses archive footage and interviews of and with Lowell and Little Feat, plus contributions from many of those who knew him best, to visually recount the sometimes ecstatic, other times tragic life and times of this maverick genius.

The Beach Boys: An American Band
1h 43m
Movie 1985

The Beach Boys: An American Band

A biography of the American rock band The Beach Boys, with interviews, concert footage and clips from movies and television shows they appeared in.

Biography

Van Dyke Parks is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks.

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