Mark Kidel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mark Kidel

British documentary filmmaker and writer

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1947

Place of Birth: London

Profession: music critic, film director

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Mark Kidel (born 6 July 1947) is a documentary filmmaker, working mostly in France and the UK.
His award-winning films include portraits of Cary Grant, John Adams (composer), Elvis Costello, Boy George, Ravi Shankar, Rod Stewart, Bill Viola, Iannis Xenakis, pianists Alfred Brendel and Leon Fleisher, Derek Jarman, Balthus, Tricky, Robert Wyatt and American theatre and opera director Peter Sellars. A pioneer of the "rockumentary", Kidel was also the first rock critic of the New Statesman and contributed pieces on rock, soul, and world music, to The Observer, The Sunday Times, and The Guardian.