Bob Dylan
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."
Movies (132)
No Time to Think: Bob Dylan as Filmmaker
2026
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Highway 99: A Double Album
2025
One to One: John & Yoko
2025
Stepping Into the Unknown: Films from the Bob Dylan Center
2024
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
2024
The Beach Boys
2024
Song to Woody: Greenwich Village, The Folk Revival, and Bob Dylan
2024
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
2022
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
2022
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
2021
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
2021
Bob Dylan: Shadow Kingdom
2021
The Magic Voices of Pop
2021
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
2021
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
2021
The Dancing Man of L.A.
2021
Bob Dylan & Phil Lesh & Friends – Baltimore Arena 1999
2020
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
2020
Bob Dylan: Busy Being Born
2020
My Darling Vivian
2020
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
2020
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
2020
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
2019
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
2019
Rollin' Rain and Hard Thunder: A Compilation Film
2019
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
2019
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
2018
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
2017
The Discreet Françoise Hardy
2016
Året var 1966
2016
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
2015
Bob Dylan: Roads Rapidly Changing - In & Out of the Folk Revival 1961 - 1965
2015
Mavis!
2015
Snapshots from the Tour
2015
Sweet Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield
2013
Born In Chicago
2013
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013
Legend of Lead Belly
2013
Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood
2012
John Mellencamp: It's About You
2012
YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls
2011
Bob Dylan Revealed
2011
Bob Dylan: 1990-2006 - The Never Ending Narrative
2011
Bob Dylan: The Blood of the Lamb
2011
The People Speak
2009
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
2009
O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
2009
Inside Bob Dylan's Jesus Years: Busy Being Born... Again!
2008
Johnny Cash's America
2008
Johnny Cash: Live On Air
2008
Bob Dylan: 1978-1989 - Both Ends of the Rainbow
2008
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
2008
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
2007
65 Revisited
2007
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
2007
The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971
2007
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007
The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
2007
The Bob Dylan Phenomenon
2007
Bob Dylan: The Folk Years
2006
Bob Dylan: When the Deal Goes Down
2006
The Ballad of AJ Weberman
2006
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
2006
Bob Dylan After the Crash 1966-1978
2006
Bob Dylan and The Band: 1969-1970 Compilation
2006
Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan
2006
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
2005
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
Seattle Supersonic
2005
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
Bob Dylan: The Best of Bob Dylan
2005
Bob Dylan - Live At The House Of Blues
2005
Live Aid
2004
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels
2004
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
2004
Bob Dylan - TV Live & Rare 1963 - 1975
2004
Tales From a Golden Age: Bob Dylan 1941-1966
2004
Rolling Thunder Revue - 1975-1976 Video Anthology
2004
Bob Dylan: World Tours 1966-1974 - Through the Camera of Barry Feinstein
2004
The Best Of Beat
2003
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
2003
Masked and Anonymous
2003
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
2003
Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert
1999
Paradise Cove
1999
The Rolling Stones: Bridges To Buenos Aires
1998
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995
Robbie Robertson: Going Home
1995
Bob Dylan: MTV Unplugged
1994
Bob Dylan: Woodstock '94
1994
Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms
1993
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
1993
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Experimental Night
1991
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
1991
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990
Catchfire
1990
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
Hearts of Fire
1987
Getting to Dylan
1987
Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert
1986
Live Aid
1985
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985
The Making of Sun City
1985
The Story of the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
1983
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
1979
The Last Waltz
1978
Renaldo and Clara
1978
Leonard Cohen: Under Review: 1934-1977
1977
Bob Dylan: Hard Rain
1976
Bob Dylan: Rolling Thunder Revue, Clearwater 1976
1976
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
Eat the Document
1972
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
The Concert for Bangladesh
1972
Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks
1970
Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music
1969
Festival
1967
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
1967
Dylan Speaks
1965
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
1965
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Screen Test [ST83]: Bob Dylan
1965
Bob Dylan Quest Television Special
1964
The Madhouse on Castle Street
1963
The Wild West Bank Sound
TV Shows (14)
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
The Top Ten Revealed
2018
Popular Voices at the BBC
2017
Dharma & Greg
1997
MTV Unplugged
1989
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Saturday Night Live
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Disco
1971
Great Performances
1971
The Johnny Cash Show
1969
The Grammys
1959
The Oscars
1953