
Person
Robert Mapplethorpe
Acting · 1946–1989 · Queens, New York, USA
Biography
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits, and still-life images.
Known for

Fellow Travelers
Self (archive)
No. 18: Mahagonny
Self

Dirty Pictures
Self

Kathy Acker
Self

Lady
Director

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
Self (archive footage)

Still Moving/Patti Smith
Himself

Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
Self (archive footage)
Robert Having His Nipple Pierced
Himself (uncredited)

Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
- 2021Hervé Guibert, la mort propagandeSelf (archive footage)
- 2016Mapplethorpe: Look at the PicturesSelf (archive footage)
- 2008Fellow TravelersSelf (archive)
- 2007Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert MapplethorpeSelf (archive footage)
- 2006Program No. 61: Robert Mapplethorpe
- 2000Dirty PicturesSelf
- 1984LadyDirector
- 1984Kathy AckerSelf
- 1980No. 18: MahagonnySelf
- 1978Still Moving/Patti SmithHimself
- 1971Robert Having His Nipple PiercedHimself (uncredited)
- 1970Chelsea HotelSelf
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