John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. Hooker often incorporated other elements, including talking blues and early North Mississippi Hill country blues.
Filmography (26 titles)
MovieNewport and the Great Folk Dream
Self (archive footage) · 2025
5.0MovieJohn Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990
Himself · 2020
MovieJohn Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
Self · 2019
ShowMonochrome: Black, White & Blue
Self (archive footage) · 2017
6.5MoviePlay It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Self · 2014
7.9MovieThe 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Self (archive footage) · 2009
7.5MovieBlues at the BBC
Self · 2009
MovieMotor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
Self · 2008
MovieRolling With the Blues
Self (archive footage) · 2007
MovieBits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker
Himself · 2006
6.8MovieJohn Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
Self · 2004
8.5MovieFeel Like Going Home
Self · 2003
7.4ShowThe Blues
Self (archive footage) · 2003
MovieThe American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
Himself · 2003
John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984
himself · 2002
5.4MovieJohn Lee Hooker - That's My Story
2001
MovieWired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
Self · 1997
7.5MovieBluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Self · 1993
MovieJohn Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
1992
MovieVan Morrison: One Irish Rover
Self · 1991
5.7MovieVan Morrison: The Concert
Self · 1990
8.2MovieThe Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
Self - Special Guest · 1989
MovieJohn Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983
Himself · 1983
7.7MovieThe Blues Brothers
Street Slim · 1980
6.7ShowTop of the Pops
Self · 1964
Muddy Waters at Newport
1960