John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Along with fellow Beatle Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century. Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to his family, but re-emerged in 1980 with a new album, Double Fantasy. He was murdered by Mark Chapman three weeks after its release. Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, his writing, his drawings, on film, and in interviews, and he became controversial through his political and peace activism. He moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport him, while his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement. As of 2010, Lennon's solo album sales in the United States exceed 14 million units, and as writer, co-writer or performer, he is responsible for 27 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002, a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth, and in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all-time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
A Hard Day's Night
(John)
The Movie Orgy
(Self (archive footage))
El Rey en Londres
(Self (archive footage))
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
(Self (archive footage))
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
(Self (archive footage))
Let It Be
(Self - The Beatles (uncredited))
Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!
(Self (archive footage))
Under the Volcano
(Self (archive footage))
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
(Self)
Magical Mystery Tour
(Self / Ticket Salesman / Magician with Coffee / Narrator)
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
(Self (archive footage))
Jimi Plays Monterey
(Self (archive footage))
Imagine: John Lennon
(Self (archive footage))
Beatles Stories
(Self (archive footage))
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
(Self (archive footage))
The Day the Music Died
(Self)
How I Won the War
(Gripweed)
Help!
(John)
Zappa
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: Let It Be
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
(Self (archive footage))
Things They Said Today
(Self (archive footage))
Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
(Self (archive footage))
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
(Self (archive footage))
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
(Self (archive footage))
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
(Self (archive footage))
Louder Than Rock
(Self (archive footage))
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
(Self)
Take Your Pills
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles and India
(Self (archive footage))
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
(Self (archive footage))
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
(Self)
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: Help!
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
(Self)
The Beatles Unauthorized
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles - Live at the Washington Coliseum
(Self)
Imagine
(Self)
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
(Self (archive footage))
Fun with the Fab Four
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles on Record
(Self)
Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
(Self)
Sweet Toronto
(Self)
Paul Newman: The Restless
(Self (archive footage))
The Mersey Sound
(Self)
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
(Self (archive footage))
LennoNYC
(Self (archive footage))
John Lennon: Live In New York City
(Self (archive footage))
Eat the Document
(Self)
John Lennon: His Life, His Legacy, His Last Days
(Self (archive footage))
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
(Self)
John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A Song
(Self)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
(Self (archive footage))
Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
(Self (archive footage))
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
(Self (archive footage))
Our World
(Self)
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
(Self (archive footage))
Apotheosis
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
(Self (archive footage))
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
(Self (archive footage))
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
(Self (archive footage))
Life In Ten Pictures: John Lennon
Parkinson at 50
(Self (archive footage))
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
(Self (archive footage))
Good Ol' Freda
(Self (archive footage))
John Lennon - Imagine
The Beatles Come to Town
(Self)
The Beatles: Something
(Self)
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: Revolution
(Self)
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
(Self (archive footage))
Discovering Lennon
Mighty Good: The Beatles
(Self)
Happy Birthday to John
(Self)
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
(Self)
The Beatles Explosion
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
(Self)
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
(Self)
Paul McCartney at Glastonbury 2022
(Self (archive footage))
Brazil in Cannes
The Real Buddy Holly Story
(Self (archive footage))
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
(Self)
The Beatles: Parting Ways
(Self)
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles and the BBC
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
(Self)
Beatles - Tokyo, Japan 66
(Self)
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: A Celebration
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles are Coming
The King
(Self (archive footage))
This Is Elvis
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Little Richard: I Am Everything
(Self (archive voice))
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
The Beatles - 1967-1970
(Self (archive footage))
Fire in the Water
Paul McCartney: Got Back
(Self (archive footage))
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
(Self (archival footage))
The Beatles: Hey Jude
(Self)
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
Beatles på Sverigeturné
(Self (archive footage))
When the Music's Over
(Self (archive footage))
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
(Self (archive footage))
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
(Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited))
Reflections on Love
(Self (archive footage))
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
(Self (archive footage))
Genius
(Self (archive footage))
If These Walls Could Sing
(Self (archive footage))
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
(Self (archive footage))
Wingspan
(Self (archive footage))
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
(Self)
John & Yoko's Year of Peace
(Self (archive footage))
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
(Self (archive))
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
(Self (archive footage))
The Killing of America
(Self (archive footage))
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
(Self (archive footage))
Doctor Who: The Chase
(Self (archive footage))
Population Boom
(Self (archive footage))
The Rise & Fall of WCW
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles 1
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles - Abbey Road
(Self - Vocals, Guitar)
The Last 24 Hours: John Lennon
(Self)
The Beatles 1+
(Self (archive footage))
Television: The First Fifty Years
(Self – The Beatles (archive footage))
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
(Self (archive footage))
A Salute to Sir Lew Grade
(Self)
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
(Self)
The Beatles: Around the World
(Self (archive footage))
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
(Self (archive footage))
The Beach Boys
(Self (archive footage))
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
(Self (archive footage))
Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family
(Self)
The One to One Concert
(Self)
The Bannfoot Ferry
(Self (archive footage))
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
((archive footage) (voice))
Becoming the Beatles
(Self)
The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
(Self (archive footage))
365 Day Project
Hinckley
(Self (archive footage))
British Rock: The First Wave
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
(Self - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar)
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
(Self (archive footage))
Bed Peace
(Self)
The Beatles Sing for Shell
(Self)
Yoko Ono: Then and Now
(Self)
The Beatles in Australia
(Self)
I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance
(Self)
The Compleat Beatles
(Self (archive footage))
Looking for Lennon
(Self)
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
(Self - Lead Vocals)
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
(Self (archive footage))
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
(Self (archive footage))
How the Beatles Changed the World
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
(Self (archive footage))
Beatles: The Journey
(Self (archive footage))
Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy
Free to Rock
(Self - The Beatles (archive footage))
The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
(Self (archive footage))
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
(Self (archive footage))
I Killed John Lennon
(Self (archive footage))
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
(Self (archive footage))
Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol
Pink Floyd London '66-'67
(Self (uncredited))
John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
(Self (archive footage))
All You Need Is Love
(Self)
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: Live in Washington DC
(Self)
Beatles: Big Beat Box
(Self (archive footage))
The John Lennon Sketchbook
(Self)
Film No. 5
(Self)
Up Your Legs Forever
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
(Self)
Two Virgins
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
(Self (archive footage))
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
(Self (archive footage))
Self-Portrait
(Self)
Doctor Who: Origins
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles Story
(Self (archive footage))
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
(Self (archive footage))
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
(Self - Musician (archive footage))
Kyoko
(Self (archive footage))
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
(Self (archive footage))
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
(Self (archive footage))
George Harrison - All Things Pass
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
(Self (archive footage))
Die Beatles
(Self - The Beatles)
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
(Self (archive footage))
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
(Self (archive footage))
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
(Self)
Yellow Submarine
(John (uncredited))
Salinger
(Self - Musician (archive footage))
Around the Beatles
(Self)
Pop Gear
(Self)
I Met the Walrus
(Self)
The Beatles: Live in Paris
(Self)
The John Lennon Video Collections - 1992
Meeting the Beatles in India
(Self (archive footage))
Beatles Biggest Secrets
(Self (archive footage))
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
(Self (archive footage))
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
(Self (archive footage))
The Real John Lennon
(Self (archive footage))
The Day John Lennon Died
(Self (archive footage))
The Last Lennon Interview
(Self (archive footage))
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
(Self (archive footage))
John Lennon: Hard to Imagine
The Beatles: Love
(Self)
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
(Self - Musician (archive footage))
Hanratty: The Whole Truth
(Self (archive footage))
The World's Greatest Gigs
(Self (archive footage))
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
(Self - The Beatles Member)
Lennon's Last Weekend
(Self (archive footage))
The Winged Beetle
(Self)
Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special
(Self)
Imagine Imagine
(Self)
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
(Self)
Vain Glory
(John Lennon)
Monument
(Self (archive footage))
Imagine Lennon
(archives footages)
Naqoyqatsi
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
(Self)
The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966
(Self - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar)
My Generation
(Self (archive footage))
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
(Self (archive footage))
Beatles Electroniques
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
I'm Only Sleeping
(Self (voice))
Understanding McCartney
(Self)
Elton John: Never Too Late
(Self (archive footage))
One to One: John & Yoko
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles: The Complete Story
(Self (Archive Footage))
Daytime Revolution
(Self (archive footage))
Livin’ Thing
(Himself)
Paul McCartney: Got Back - Live at River Plate Stadium
(Self (archive footage))
Beatles '64
(Self (archive footage))
The Sparks Brothers
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Forrest Gump
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
(Self (archive footage))
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
(Self)
O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
No Hamburg No Beatles
(Self (voice) (archive footage))
Ringo Starr: One of Them
(Self (archive footage))
Hawaii Five-O
(Huffman)
The Merv Griffin Show
(Self)
Mentiras verdaderas
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles
(Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited))
The Beatles: Get Back
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles Anthology
This Is Pop
(Self (archive footage))
A Life in Ten Pictures
(Self (archive footage))
Omnibus
(Self)
John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial
(Self (archive footage))
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
(Self (archive footage))
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
(Self (archive footage))
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
(Self (archive footage))
McCartney 3, 2, 1
(Self (archive footage))
Not Only... But Also
(Self)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
20th Century Greats
(Self (archive footage))
The Beatles Anthology
(Self (archive footage))
Infamous Assassinations
(Self (archive footage))
The Defiant Ones
(Self (archive footage))
Top of the Pops
Timewatch
(Self (archive footage))
Behind the Music
(Self (archive footage))
Classic Albums
(Self)
Top of the Pops
(Self)
Morecambe & Wise (multiple series)
(Self)
The Old Grey Whistle Test
Magical Mystery Tour
(Producer)
Imagine
(Director)
Fly
(Director)
Rape
(Director)
Apotheosis
(Director)
Yellow Submarine
(Songs)
Let It Be
(Songs)
Help!
(Songs)
Magical Mystery Tour
(Songs)
Apotheosis
(Writer)
The Beatles: Live in Washington DC
(Music)
Revolution
(Songs)
Imagine
(Producer)
Almarna i Kungsträdgården
(Music)
Erection
(Director)
Magical Mystery Tour
(Writer)
Fame
(Lyricist)
Imagine
(Music)
John Lennon - Imagine
(Director)
Two Virgins
(Director)
Rape
(Sound)
Rape
(Editor)
Rape
(Music)
Imagine Peace
(Music)
Magical Mystery Tour
(Director)
A Hard Day's Night
(Songs)
Across the Universe
(Songs)
Yesterday
(Songs)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Songs)
All This and World War II
(Songs)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
(Songs)
Beatlemania
(Songs)
The Beatles: Let It Be
(Songs)
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
(Songs)
Oh! Calcutta!
(Writer)
The Beatles: Revolution
(Music)
The Beatles: Hey Jude
(Music)
The Inner Revolution
(Music)
Freedom
(Sound)
The Beatles LOVE
(Music)
Up Your Legs Forever
(Director)
Bed Peace
(Director)
Bed Peace
(Writer)
Self-Portrait
(Director)
Self-Portrait
(Writer)
Rape
(Writer)
Two Virgins
(Writer)
Fly
(Writer)
Freedom
(Writer)
Imagine
(Writer)
Film No. 5
(Sound)
Film No. 5
(Music)
John Lennon: Live In New York City
(Producer)
Did Britain Murder Hanratty?
(Producer)
The John Lennon Video Collections - 1992
(Director)
Lennon or McCartney
(Thanks)
Let It Be
(Executive Producer)
Us Down by the Riverside
(Music)
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
(Director)
An Ordered Hit of a Man (In Sequence)
(Music)
The Beatles: Get Back
(Songs)