Self
A documentary about Academy Award-winning costume designer Cecil Beaton. A respected photographer, artist, and set designer, Beaton was best known for designing on award-winning films such as 'Gigi' (1958) and 'My Fair Lady' (1964). The film features archive footage and interviews with a number of models, artists, and filmmakers who worked closely with Beaton during his illustrious career.
Himself
Retrato biográfico de la coleccionista y galerista Peggy Guggenheim, dirigido por Lisa Immordino Vreeland, que ya llamó la atención con su anterior trabajo "Diana Vreeland, la mirada educada". Basado en su autobiografía, "Confesiones de una Adicta al Arte", el documental cuenta como la heredera de la familia Guggenheim llegó a convertirse en una figura clave del arte contemporáneo. Su vida personal estuvo estrechamente ligada al ascenso de figuras clave del arte del s. XX, fue amante de Jackson Pollock, Alexander Calder y Marcel Duchamp, entre otros y los ayudó a situar su obra entre las más reconocidas y cotizadas del mundo del arte.
Himself
Nicky Haslam, renowned socialite, bon viveur, wit and best friend to all is also one of the world's most respected and highly paid interior designers, whose clients include royalty, rock stars and Russians. This documentary takes the viewer into a world to which few have access and most could hardly imagine, where apartments cost over 30 million pounds and people think nothing of spending four million to do up a house. (Storyville)
