The Best Film & Music Collaborations

We are celebrating the release of new music documentary MADE IN AMERICA out on 19 May – the creative collaboration between Academy Award-winning film director Ron Howard (Rush, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13) and hip–hop icon Jay Z (Executive Producer). The film features an eclectic list of music heavyweights including: Jay Z, Kanye West, Rita Ora, Pearl Jam, Run-DMC, Santigold, Jill Scott, Janelle Monae, Skrillex, Odd Future, The Hives, Passion Pit, D’Angelo and Gary Clark Jr with rare interviews and performances.

Collaborations between Hollywood directors and prolific musicians tend to strike a cord with audiences around the world, and Made In America is no exception. We’ve seen this in classic film and music collaborations in the past – from Scorsese‘s music documentaries ‘Shine A Light’ on the Rolling Stones and ‘Living in the Material World’ on George Harrison, to Jonathan Demme‘s (Silence of the Lambs) cult music doc ‘Stop Making Sense’ about Talking Heads to Spike Lee’s ‘Bad 25’ on Michael Jackson.

We take a look back at the best filmmaker and musician collaborations over the past 30 years…

MADE IN AMERICA – available on & DVD 19 May
Directed by Ron Howard, Exec Produced by and featuring Jay Z and his festival MADE IN AMERICA
Featuring: Jay Z, Kanye West, Rita Ora, Pearl Jam, Run-DMC, Santigold, Jill Scott, Janelle Monae, Skrillex, Odd Future, The Hives, Passion Pit, D’Angelo and Gary Clark Jr

SUIT & TIE (2013)
Directed by David Fincher, the music video for Justin Timberlake and Jay Z

BAD 25 (2012)
Directed by Spike Lee, featuring Michael Jackson

PEARL JAM TWENTY (2011)
Directed by Cameron Crowe, featuring Pearl Jam

STONES IN EXILE (2010)
Directed by Stephen Kijak, featuring The Rolling Stones

SHINE A LIGHT (2008)
Directed by Martin Scorsese, featuring The Rolling Stones

CONTROL (2007)
Directed by Anton Corbijn, featuring the life and music of Joy Division

U2: THE BEST OF 1990-2000 (2007)
Directed by Anton Corbijn, featuring U2

SCOTT WALKER: 30 CENTURY MAN (2006)
Directed by Stephen Kijak, featuring The Walker Brothers, Damon Albarn, David Bowie and Marc Almond