Viv Albertine

Viv Albertine

Birth : 1954-12-01, Sydney - Australia

History

Viviane Katrina Louise "Viv" Albertine is an Australian-born British singer and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for the English punk group the Slits.

Profile

Viv Albertine
Viv Albertine

Movies

Here to be Heard: The Story of The Slits
Self
The hitherto overlooked story of one of British music’s most influential and game-changing bands.
Girl in a Band: Tales from the Rock 'n' Roll Front Line
Herself
All too often, every great female rock musician has to answer a predictable question - what is it like being a girl in a band? For many, the sight of a girl shredding a guitar or laying into the drums is still a bit of a novelty. As soon as women started forming their own bands they were given labels - the rock chick, the girl band or one half of the rock 'n' roll couple. Kate Mossman aims to look beyond the cliches of fallen angels, grunge babes and rock chicks as she gets the untold stories from rock's frontline to discover if it has always been different for the girl in a band.
The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
Herself
This documentary explores Kate Bush's career and music, from January 1978's Wuthering Heights to her 2011 album 50 Words for Snow, through the testimony of some of her key collaborators and those she has inspired.
Exhibition
D
An intimate examination of a contemporary artist couple, whose living and working patterns are threatened by the imminent sale of their home.
Sid! By Those Who Really Knew Him
The story of Sid Vicious, by those who really knew him
Punk rule O.K.
Herself
Rachel's Dream
Director
Fantasy drama Rachel's Dream was set sometime in the future when the world is besieged by technology, young Rachel discovers that through a large bank of video screens in her sister's apartment, her wishes can come true when she brings to life the image on an anti-pollution poster. This new friend helps her to make up her mind about her own future.
Coping with Cupid
Director
Three blondes from another planet land on earth to conduct research into romantic love
Caprice
Wardrobe Assistant
A girl finds herself inside a fashion magazine – Joanna Hogg's graduation piece at the National Film and Television School starring a then unknown Tilda Swinton.
Women in Rock
Herself
A documentary about women in the punk rock scene in Europe.
Jubilee
Street Girl
Queen Elizabeth I visits late 1970s England to find a depressing landscape where life has changed since her time.