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Tony Wilson

Anthony Howard "Tony" Wilson was an English record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC. As the head of Factory Records and one of the owners of the infamous Hacienda nightclub, Wilson was the man behind some of Manchester's most successful bands and was known as Mr Manchester. His day job as a broadcaster saw him present programmes such as regional news show Granada Reports, music showcase So It Goes, World in Action, After Dark, Remote Control, Granada Upfront and the Politics Show to name but a few. His role in the music industry formed the basis of Michael Winterbottom's acclaimed film 24 Hour Party People.

Et billede af Tony Wilson

Actor

1973

[ ] Music Maker: Rory Gallagher (Interviewer)

1976

[ ] Occupy! (Self - Granada Reports (archive footage)(uncredited))

1984

[ ] Factory: Play at Home (Self)

1986

[ ] New Order: Pumped Full of Drugs (Himself)
[ ] The Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978 (Self)

1990

[ ] Madchester: The Sound of the North (Self)

1993

[ ] New Order Story (Self)
[ ] The Frontline (Himself, Reporter at Siege)

2000

[ ] The Alcohol Years (Himself)

2002

[ ] 24 Hour Party People (Studio Director)
[ ] That Tony Wilson (Self)

2005

[ ] Catch: The Hold Not Taken (Narrator (voice))
[ ] A Cock and Bull Story (Tony Wilson)
[ ] The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith (Himself)

2006

[ ] The Smiths: Under Review (????)
[ ] Shadowplayers: Factory Records and Manchester Post-Punk 1978-81 (Self)
[ ] Manchester Passion (Himself)
[ ] The Summer of Rave, 1989 (Self)

2007

[ ] Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays (Himself)

2008

[ ] The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead - A Classic Album Under Review (????)

2009

[ ] Joy Division (Self)
[ ] Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn (Self)

2010

[ ] Ian Dury: Rare And Unseen (Himself)

2011

[ ] Funny Up North (Himself)

2015

[ ] The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World (Self (archive footage))

2018

[ ] New Order: Decades (Self (archive footage))

2021

[ ] Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (Self (Archive Footage))

Production

1979

[ ] No City Fun (Producer)

1986

[ ] The Durutti Column: Domo Arigato (Producer)

2007

[ 1/10 ] Control (Co-Producer)

Directing

1986

[ ] New Order: Pumped Full of Drugs (Director)