Main Cast: Frank Gehry, Chuck Arnoldi, Sydney Pollack, Edward Ruscha, Mildred Friedman, Michael Ovitz, Philip Johnson, Craig Webb
Release Year: 2005
Country: US
Run Time: 83 minutes
Plot
Acclaimed film director Sydney Pollack took a five-year break from the realms of fiction to assemble a lovingly crafted tribute to longtime friend and acclaimed architect Frank Gehry in this documentary born from the sketches of its talented subject. A notoriously shy craftsman whose impressive body of work includes the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Ghery is shown working in his studio unobstructed as Pollack attempts to capture the very essence of the artist's bold works through use of film and digital video. Driven by an intimate but informal series of discussions between Ghery and Pollack, Sketches of Frank Gehry uses the subject of architecture as a launching point to discuss the creative process, and paints a fascinating portrait of how one humble man was able to create some of the world's most awe-inspiring structures. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Dennis Hopper; Milton Wexler; Charles Jencks; Jim Glymph; Sven Neumann; Michael Friedman; Edwin Chan; Tim Paulson; Bob Geldof; Rolf Fehlbaum; Michael Wexler; Michael Eisner; Norman Rosenthal; Julian Schnabel; Juan Ignacio Vidarte; Nerea Abasolo; Hal Foster; Herbert Muschamp; Barry Diller; Peter Lewis; Esa-Pekka Salonen
Credit
Brainerd Taylor - Associate Producer, Suzanne Weil - Associate Producer, Sydney Pollack - Director, Karen Schmeer - Editor, Stanley F. Buchthal - Executive Producer, Sydney Pollack - Executive Producer, Susan Lacy - Executive Producer, Hiro Yamagata - Executive Producer, Maja Hoffmann - Executive Producer, Suzanne Weil - Executive Producer, Sophie Heldman - Location Manager, Tanit Piana - Location Manager, Heidi Sowards - Location Manager, Catherine Ellis - Line Producer, Sorman & Nystrom - Composer (Music Score), Sydney Pollack - Cinematographer, Claudio Rocha - Cinematographer, Ultan Guilfoyle - Cinematographer, George Tiffin - Cinematographer, Marcus Birsel - Cinematographer, Ultan Guilfoyle - Producer, Hope Hall - Research, Heidi Druckemiller - Research, Jon Oh - Sound/Sound Designer, Adam Zucker - Additional Editing, Patrick Lindenmaier - Post Production Supervisor, Tom Efinger - Re-Recording Mixer, Melissa Lintinger - Production Accountant, Julie Goldman - Co-Executive Producer, Caroline Stevens - Co-Executive Producer, Krysanne Katsoolis - Co-Executive Producer
