Biography
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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2012
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
Character: Archival Footage
MOVIE • 2006
Lomax the Songhunter
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2004
Appalachian Journey
Character: Narrator
MOVIE • 1991
American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America
Character: Self - Host
TV • 1990
The Ballad of Ewan MacColl
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1990
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1988
Crew
Crew Credits
Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2012
Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2012
Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1996
Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1996
Appalachian Journey
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1991
Cajun Country
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1991
Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1991
Jazz Parades: Feet Don't Fail Me Now
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1990
American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America
Role: Writer
TV • 1990
American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America
Role: Director
TV • 1990
American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America
Role: Producer
TV • 1990
The Land Where the Blues Began
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1979
The Land Where the Blues Began
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1979
The Land Where the Blues Began
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1979
Step Style
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
Dana Can Deal
Role: Sound Recordist
MOVIE • 1976
Dance and Human History
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1974
Green Mansions
Role: Thanks
MOVIE • 1959
Oss Oss Wee Oss
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1953
Oss Oss Wee Oss
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1953