Michael Wadleigh

Active - 1968 - 2012  |   Born - Sep 24, 1939 in Akron, Ohio, United States  |   Genres - Music, Drama, Mystery

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  • In his early 20s, started his career as a cinematographer on independent and low-budget films.
  • The team he assembled to document the 1969 Woodstock Festival included a young Martin Scorsese as assistant director and editor.
  • Worked as a transit bus driver.
  • Ran a nonprofit educational corporation involved in global media distribution an production.
  • Best known for his work in the Academy Award winning documentary Woodstock (1970).