Films by Martin / Films about Martin / TV, Film and Radio
TV and Film
1981 Morris Minor Obsessed Photographer, RTÉ Archives
1986 Point of Sale. Late Review, BBC2
1992 Home and Abroad. AV for Arles Festival (30 mins)
1996 Martin Parr and the ladies of the valley. Try Again production for
BBC Wales (40 mins)
1997 UK Shorts 12x 2 minute films produced by Mosaic Films for BBC 2
1997 November The Pier Food Art, ITV
1998 Ooh la la. ADT for Channel 4
1998 Mariella Frostrup’s Brunch, Channel 4
1998 Princess’s People. Mosaic Films for BBC2 (72 mins)
Martin Parr was one of 12 film-makers who contributed to this
survey of the funeral of Princess Diana
1999 Vyvian’s Hotel. Mosaic Films for BBC 2 (30 mins)
1999 Martin Parr’s Moving Pictures
1999 Desperately seeking Shiny. Gauntlet Pictures for HTV (30 mins)
1999 Arena 100 for UK Arena (BBC cable): Last Resort by Tim Marlow
1999 Happy Days Media Towns, Tokyo CDRom. Survey of Parr’s recent
work, available from Media Towns
2002 London, Pet Shop Boys video, Mosaic Films for Parlaphone
2002 Contacts Martin Parr (Arte France) KS Visions.
Director Francoise Marie and Jean-Pierre Krief
2003 The magic Moment. Film by Hank Onrust for VPRO,
Netherlands (60 mins)
2003 The World of Martin Parr BBC1 Flm by Rebecca Frayn (59 mins)
2004 Radio Libre, France Culture by Natacha Wolinski July
10th 2004, to co-incide with Rencontres D’Arles (120 mins)
2004 Les Rencontres d’Arles (52 mins)
2006 It’s Nice Up North with John Shuttleworth. A spoof documentary by
John Shuttleworth with camera work and filming by Martin Parr.
2006 Agenda – Essay for Magnum Inmotion.
2007 L’Art et la Maniere. Martin Parr, Film by Luc Quelin, Arte (26 mins)
2007 The Genius of Photography. BBC 4
2008 Picture This. Renegade Films.
2010 Art of the Sea. A BBC 4 documentary on the response of artists to
the British sea.
2011 Teddy Grays, For Goodness Sake, commissioned by Multistory
(20 mins)
2013 Mark goes to Mongolia, commissioned by Multistory
2014 Tudor Crystal, commisioned by Multistory (26 mins)
2014 Turkey and Tinsel, commisioned by Multistory (60 mins)
2014 Hong Kong Parr from behind, commissioned by Blindspot (1 min)
2019 Photographers in Focus. Nowness (3 mins)