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  • 2015
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2015
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary To many, Don McCullin is the greatest living war photographer, often cited as an inspiration for today's photojournalists. For the first time, McCullin speaks candidly about his three-decade career covering wars and humanitarian disasters on virtually every continent and the photographs that often defined historic moments. From 1969 to 1...

Directed By: David Morris, Jacqui Morris

  • 2015
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2015
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 31 m

McCullin

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary To many, Don McCullin is the greatest living war photographer, often cited as an inspiration for today's photojournalists. For the first time, McCullin speaks candidly about his three-decade career covering wars and humanitarian disasters on virtually every continent and the photographs that often defined historic moments. From 1969 to 1...

Directed By: David Morris, Jacqui Morris

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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80
Oct 29, 2015
You may have casually leafed through one of the photographer's books in the past, or even visited a gallery of this work, but this documentary is a must-see for anyone who has ever expressed an interest in this fascinating figure (and for those keen to witness what life is like on the other side of the lens).
By Adam Lowes FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 29, 2015
Famous for his war photography, McCullin's gift is his sensitivity, a capacity to feel the pain of other people that informs both the images he produced and the ones he refused to take.
By Chris Packham FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 29, 2015
McCullin emerges in David and Jacqui Morris’ accomplished film full of integrity, dignity and empathy.
By Tom Dawson FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 29, 2015
While the pictures have a stark power undiminished by the passage of time, it's the photographer's eloquent commentary that provides the film with its most moving moments
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 29, 2015
McCullin emerges as an unsentimental, plain-speaking, thoughtful man, disgusted at the inhumanity of war – and yet candid about how he is also personally and professionally drawn to its drama.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 29, 2015
McCullin is not a groundbreaking documentary, but it wears its conventional format well, taking its cues (and its power) from the photographs themselves.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 29, 2015
His recollections are as sobering as his images, and a great many of both will embed themselves in your head.
By Robbie Collin FULL REVIEW

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Production Company British Film Company, Frith Street Films, Mugshots Productions, Rankin Film Productions
Release Date Oct 30, 2015
Duration 1 h 31 m
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Awards

BAFTA Awards
• 2 Nominations
FOCAL International Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Nomination

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