Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax
Person

Alan Lomax

Director 1915-01-31 Austin, Texas, USA

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...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Appalachian Journey

Appalachian Journey

1991 · Narrator

American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America

American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America

1990 · Self - Host

Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

2006 · Archival Footage

BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

1988 · Self

Lomax the Songhunter

2004 · Self (archive footage)

The Ballad of Ewan MacColl

1990 · Self

Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass

2012 · Self