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Gary Giddins
Director, Producer, Additional Credits
Gary Giddins is an American jazz and film critic, author, and director, best known for his longtime work with The Village Voice. Born in Brooklyn, and raised on Long Island, Giddins graduated from Grinnell College, Iowa, in 1970. After some freelance work as a music and film critic, in 1974 he started writing his column "Weather Bird" for the Village Voice, which he ended in December 2003. In 1986 Gary Giddins and John Lewis created the American Jazz Orchestra which presented concerts using a jazz repertory with musicians such as Tony Bennett.
Filmography
| 2021 | Fire Music · as Self |
| 2018 | Zuza Homem de Jazz · as Self |
| 2018 | Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes · as Self |
| 2017 | Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World · as Self - Critic & Biographer |
| 2016 | Soundbreaking (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Tab Hunter Confidential · as Self |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Bing Crosby: Rediscovered · as Self |
| 2014 | Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story · as Self - Jazz Critic |
| 2013 | |
| 2010 | Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Jazz (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | Saxophone Colossus · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |