Films
Where can the films be found?
The majority of Danny Lyon’s 16mm film and digital work can now be viewed on Vimeo and YouTube. The sixties meets the twenty first century.
Interested in screening films by Danny Lyon? For booking inquiries please contact: Rebecca Lyon rlyon(at)chicagofilmsociety(dot)org
16mm prints, including several new preservations, are available for rent from Anthology Film Archives.
Other sources for some of these films are the Public Library in Sante Fe, New Mexico, the film collection of MOMA in NYC, Facets Video in Chicago, the Donnell Public Library in NYC, and the film collection at Paris Audio Visual (Museum de la Photographie — MEP) in Paris.
Recent Screenings:
8 December 2025 – Roxy Cinema – New York, NY
WILLIE (1985)
7 December 2025 – Metrograph – New York, NY
This Long Century Presents: Danny Lyon
EL OTRO LADO (1978), THE IMMIGRANT (1974)
31 August 2025 – The Guild Cinema – Albuquerque, NM
Four Films by Danny Lyon: A Retrospective of Recent Work
SNNC (2020), THE IMMIGRANT (1974), BEAT THE DRUM SLOWLY (2025), WANDERER (2017)
1 May 2025 – TAM (Tacoma Art Museum) – Tacoma, WA
WILLIE (1985)
18 – 26 February 2023 – Close-Up Film Centre – London, United Kingdom
Multi-film retrospective
21 May 2023 – Doc Films – Chicago, IL
BORN TO FILM (1982), LOS NIÑOS ABANDONADOS (1975)
August 2023 – Le Cinéma Club (virtual)
BORN TO FILM (1982), MEDIA MAN (1994)
26 – 28 July 2019 – Anthology Film Archives – New York, NY
Danny Lyon: Then and Now
Multi-film retrospective
8 – 29 October 2017 – Harvard Film Archive – Cambridge, MA
It’s My Life We’re Talking About! The Films of Danny Lyon
Multi-film retrospective
20 April 2017 – Film Studies Center/Logan Center for the Arts – Chicago, IL
Chicago Film Society presents Two Films By Danny Lyon
BORN TO FILM (1982), WILLIE (1985)
The Films:
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