Charlotte Zwerin


Filmmaker

Biography

Life Events

1962

First collaboration with Maysles brothers (as editor), "Showman"

Videos

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Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser -- (Movie Clip) Be-Bop Opening of Clint Eastwood's 1988 documentary, film shot by Michael and Christian Blackmore 20 years earlier, from Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser, directed by Charlotte Zwerin.
Gimme Shelter (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Wild Horses In Sheffield, Alabama, December 1969 at the Muscle Shoals studio, with engineer Jimmy Johnson, the Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Mick Taylor) listen to the mix of their just-recorded original song, in the Maysles Brothers documentary Gimme Shelter, 1970.
Gimme Shelter (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Are You Any More Satisfied? First from the New York concert, then working on the documentary with the Maysles brothers, then Mick Jagger at a press conference, celebrity lawyer Melvin Belli negotiating for the concert, and the Rolling Stones at a Holiday Inn in Sheffield, Alabama, December 1969, in Gimme Shelter, 1970.
Gimme Shelter (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Six Days On The Road Rolling Stones and Grateful Dead tour manager Sam Cutler issuing thanks and seeking order at the Altamont Speedway in Tracy, California, December 6, 1969, as the Flying Burrito Brothers perform, one of their popular covers, before things went wrong, in the documentary Gimme Shelter, 1970.
Salesman (1969) -- (Movie Clip) We Eliminated A Few Men Following the cordial if bleak opening, in which we met bible salesman Paul "The Badger" Brennan and company, producer-directors David and Albert Maysles offer what amounts to a violent transition to the sales meeting, run by boss Kennie Turner, early in the the cinema verite tour de force Salesman, 1969.
Salesman (1969) -- (Movie Clip) This Would Be An Inspiration The mesmerizing opening, from producer-directors David and Albert Maysles, with their real-life protagonists Paul Brennan, Charles McDevitt et al, at work selling bibles in Massachusetts, in the landmark cinema verite documentary Salesman, 1969.
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser -- (Movie Clip) Blue Monk Former road manager Harry Colomby recounts booking Thelonious Monk for a 1950's TV appearance, in Clint Eastwood's documentary produced by Bruce Ricker and Charlotte Zwerin, Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser, 1988.

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