Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax was an American field collector of folk music of the 20th century. He was also a folklorist, ethnomusicologist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activist, oral historian, and film-maker. Lomax produced recordings, concerts, and radio shows in the US and in England, which played an important role in both the American and British folk revivals of the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s. He collected material first with his father, folklorist and collector John A. Lomax, and later alone and with others, Lomax recorded thousands of songs and interviews for the Archive of American Folk Song, of which he was the director, at the Library of Congress on aluminium and acetate discs.
Acting
Movie
Lomax the Songhunter
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Movie
Appalachian Journey
as Narrator
1991
Movie
The Ballad of Ewan MacColl
as Self
1990
Movie
Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass
as Self
2012
Movie
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
as Archival Footage
2006
Movie
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
as Self
1988
TV
American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America
as Self - Host
1990
Crew
Movie
Green Mansions
Thanks
1959
Movie
Appalachian Journey
Director
1991
Movie
To Hear Your Banjo Play
Writer
1947
Movie
Dana Can Deal
Sound Recordist
1976
Movie
Cajun Country
Director
1991
Movie
Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old
Director
1991
Movie
Jazz Parades: Feet Don't Fail Me Now
Director
1990
Movie
The Land Where the Blues Began
Writer
1979
Movie
Oss Oss Wee Oss
Director
1953
Movie
Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966
Producer
1996
Movie
Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass
Director
2012
Movie
Dance and Human History
Director
1974