Alan Lomax

Directing·Jan 31, 1915·Austin, Texas, USA

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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 recorded thousands of songs and interviews for the Archive of American Folk Song, of which he was the director, at the Library of Congress on aluminium and acetate discs.

Film	Credit
BBallads, Blues & Bluegrass2012 · Self, Director, Producer	Self, Director, Producer
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home2006 · Archival Footage	Archival Footage
LLomax the Songhunter2004 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 19661996 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Appalachian Journey1991 · Narrator, Director	Narrator, Director
Cajun Country1991 · Director	Director
Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old1991 · Director	Director
Jazz Parades: Feet Don't Fail Me Now1990 · Director	Director
TThe Ballad of Ewan MacColl1990 · Self	Self
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie1988 · Self	Self
The Land Where the Blues Began1979 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
Step Style1977 · Director	Director
Dance and Human History1974 · Director	Director
Oss Oss Wee Oss1953 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
To Hear Your Banjo Play1947 · Writer	Writer