Person

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Acting · 1960–1988 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist. His career in art began as a graffiti artist in New York City in the late 1970s, and in the 1980s produced Neo-expressionist painting. Basquiat died of a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988, at the age of 27. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Michel Basquiat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Filmography

2026Jean-Michel BasquiatSelf (archive footage)
2022Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absoluSelf (Archive footage)
2022Back To BasquiatSelf
202070 Years of Youth RevoltSelf (archive footage)
2018Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel BasquiatSelf (archive footage)
2017Basquiat: Rage to RichesSelf (archive footage)
2016Andy Warhol, Fluorescent
2016Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation
2010Con ArtistSelf
2010Basquiat, Une VieHimself (archive footage)
2010Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant ChildSelf
2008The Universe of Keith HaringSelf (archive footage)
2006A Conversation with Basquiat
2005TV PartySelf (archive footage)
2004And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-HopSelf (archive footage)
2004And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-HopSelf (archive footage)
2002Blondie Greatest Video HitsNightclub DJ (segment "Rapture") (archive footage)
2001Downtown '81Jean (archive footage)
1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy WarholSelf (archive footage)
1990Shooting Star: Jean-Michel BasquiatSelf (archive)
1985The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
1981Jean-Michel Basquiat: An InterviewSelf
1978TV Party

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