Bob Dylan
- Acting
- May 24, 1941 · Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Biography
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and painter. He has been a major figure in music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler, and an apparently reluctant figurehead, of social unrest. Though he is well-known for revolutionizing perceptions of the limits of popular music in 1965 with the six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone," a number of his earlier songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. His early lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social and philosophical, as well as literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, and the performance styles of Buddy Holly and Little Richard, Dylan has both amplified and personalized musical genres, exploring numerous distinct traditions in American song—from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly, to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing. Dylan performs with guitar, keyboards, and harmonica. Backed by a changing line-up of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central to his career, but his greatest contribution is generally considered to be his songwriting. Since 1994, Dylan has published three books of drawings and paintings, and his work has been exhibited in major art galleries. As a songwriter and musician, Dylan has received numerous awards over the years including Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Awards; he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2008, a road called the Bob Dylan Pathway was opened in the singer's honor in his birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota. The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."
Known for
Filmography
- No Time to Think: Bob Dylan as Filmmaker · Self
- I understand · Music
- Newport and the Great Folk Dream · Self
- John Candy: I Like Me · Self
- Highway 99: A Double Album · Self [Archival]
- One to One: John & Yoko · Self
- A Complete Unknown · Songs
- Stepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center
- Girl From the North Country · Songs
- Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley · Self
- Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western · Music
- The Beach Boys · Self
- Song to Woody: Greenwich Village, the Folk Revival, and Bob Dylan · Self, Music
- The Partners · Music
- The Greatest Night in Pop · Self
- Girl from the North Country · Songs
- Joan Baez: I Am a Noise · Self
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · Self
- Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue · Self
- Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song · Self
- Andy Warhol's America
- Andy Warhol's America
- Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff · Self
- Karen Dalton: In My Own Time · Self
- Bob Dylan: Shadow Kingdom · Self
- Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends · Self
- Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres · Self
- The Dancing Man of L.A. · Self
- 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything · Self
- Bob Dylan & Phil Lesh & Friends – Baltimore Arena 1999 · Self
- Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President · Self
- My Darling Vivian · Self
- Bob Dylan: Busy Being Born · Self
- Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens · Self
- Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band · Self
- Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music · Self
- Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind · Self
- Rollin' Rain and Hard Thunder: A Compilation Film · Self
- Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese · Self, Lyricist
- The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash · Self
- Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
- Elvis Presley: The Searcher · Self
- Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars · Self
- The Top Ten Revealed · Self
- Popular Voices at the BBC · Self
- Bob Dylan: Trouble No More · Self
- Andy Warhol, Fluorescent · (archive footage)
- The Discreet Françoise Hardy · Self
- Året var 1966 · Self
- Johnny Cash: American Rebel · Self
- Bob Dylan: Roads Rapidly Changing - In & Out of the Folk Revival 1961 - 1965 · Self
- Mavis! · Self
- Snapshots from the Tour · Self
- Sweet Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield · Self
- Born In Chicago · Self
- Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation · Self
- Legend of Lead Belly · Self
- Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood · Self
- John Mellencamp: It's About You · Self
- YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls · Self
- Bob Dylan Revealed · Self
- Bob Dylan: 1990-2006 - The Never Ending Narrative · Self
- Bob Dylan: The Blood of the Lamb · Self
- My Own Love Song · Music
- The People Speak · Self
- Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound · Self
- Bob Dylan: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize · Self
- Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour Diaries: Drummer Winston Watson's Incredible Journey · Self
- O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar · Self
- Inside Bob Dylan's Jesus Years: Busy Being Born... Again! · Self
- Johnny Cash's America · Self
- Johnny Cash: Live On Air · Self
- Bob Dylan: 1978-1989 - Both Ends of the Rainbow · Self
- Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965 · Self
- The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival · Self
- 65 Revisited · Self
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream · Self
- The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971 · Self
- Pete Seeger: The Power of Song · Self
- The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys · Self