Tony Wilson
Birthday: 1950-02-20
Place of Birth: Pendleton, Lancashire, UK
Biography: Anthony Howard "Tony" Wilson was an English record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC. As the head of Factory Records and one of the owners of the infamous Hacienda nightclub, Wilson was the man behind some of Manchester's most successful bands and was known as Mr Manchester. His day job as a broadcaster saw him present programmes such as regional news show Granada Reports, music showcase So It Goes, World in Action, After Dark, Remote Control, Granada Upfront and the Politics Show to name but a few. His role in the music industry formed the basis of Michael Winterbottom's acclaimed film 24 Hour Party People.
Movies
The Smiths: Under Review
This in-depth retrospective surveys the history and music of the Smiths via interviews with the band...
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Ian Dury: Rare And Unseen
Here is the movie for all the Clever Trevors and Billericay Dickies out there! A stunning and truly ...
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Shadowplayers: Factory Records and Manchester Post-Punk 1978-81
Shadowplayers is a two hour documentary film by James Nice tracing the early history of iconic Manch...
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Madchester: The Sound of the North
Exploring the 'Madchester' music phenomena of the late '80s and early '90s. The band Northside appea...
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Catch: The Hold Not Taken
Catch: The Hold Not Taken is a 2005 feature documentary film that contrasts the billion dollar indus...
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A Cock and Bull Story
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the epo...
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Manchester Passion
The Manchester Passion is a passion play about the last hours of Jesus, retold using a backdrop of t...
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24 Hour Party People
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a wa...
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The Alcohol Years
Carol Morley returns to Manchester, where in the early 1980s, five years of her life were lost in an...
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Occupy!
Bill Nighy, Pete Postlewaite and (briefly) Julie Walters, then all of the Everyman Theatre Company, ...
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New Order Story
Rising from the ashes of the legendary British post-punk unit Joy Division, the enigmatic New Order ...
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The Frontline
Upon his release from a mental hospital, James re-kindles his relationship with pirate DJ Marion, he...
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The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead - A Classic Album Under Review
Showing for the first time how it all came together and what made it so great, the film is all at on...
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New Order: Pumped Full of Drugs
New Order filmed live in concert in Tokyo, May 2nd 1985...
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The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith
A 1-hour Documentary looking at the Manchester post-punk group and its infamous leader Mark E Smith....
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Factory: Play at Home
An examination into Factory Records. The members of New Order interview founders Tony Wilson and Mar...
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Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays
Documentary celebrating the triumph, tragedy and human comedy that was Manchester record company, Fa...
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New Order: Decades
Part concert, part documentary, this film follows the band’s preparations in the re-staging of their...
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The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
Documentary that outlines the 1990s and the decade the changed the world....
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Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey throu...
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The Summer of Rave, 1989
In the final days of the yuppie decade, the summer of ’89 saw a new type of youth rebellion rip thro...
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Funny Up North
Documentary featuring a cavalcade of Northern comedy stars including the great Frank Randle, George ...
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Music Maker: Rory Gallagher
Director Bill Keating built a programme around following Rory through a day of his short 1972 Irish ...
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That Tony Wilson
A portrait of Tony Wilson the visionary, provocateur, and self-styled cultural revolutionary who put...
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Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn
Most rock fans may not know the name Anton Corbijn, but they've certainly seen his work. Corbijn sho...
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The Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978
A compilation of performances by bands taken from his previous TV shows in the late 70's, such as "S...
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