Whitney Houston

CAST

WHITNEY (2018)
Starring Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, Cissy Houston, Clive Davis, L.a. Reid, Gary Houston, Kevin Costner, Arsenio Hall, Byron Allen and David Letterman. Directed by Kevin MacDonald.

With over 200 million album sales worldwide, and remaining the only artist to chart seven consecutive US No. 1’s, Whitney Houston was the voice of a generation. Coming from an esteemed lineage of singers, Whitney was destined to be plucked from her gospel-singing roots to rule the world stage. She inspired a generation of singers from Mariah Carey to Beyoncé and her unforgettable performance of The Star-Spangled Banner unlocked an anthem that had for so long been dismissed by many black artists.

REVIEWS Whitney - A remarkable portrait of an unparalleled artist

WHITNEY: CAN I BE ME (2017)
Starring Whitney Houston. Directed by Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal.

Whitney Houston was a sure thing, or as sure as the music industry had ever seen. A transcendent talent with pedigree and mentorship to match, she was going to be the greatest female vocalist ever. For a time, she was, and then she all-too-publicly fell short.

Documentarian Nick Broomfield and iconic music video director Rudi Dolezal offer a never-before-seen backstage look at the height of Houston’s stardom and trace with penetrating detail the forces that contributed to her shortened career and subsequent death in 2012, at age 48. Whether it be racism, religion, drugs, sexuality, self-doubt, gossip, rivalry, insufficient training, the demands of parents and the industry, a troubled marriage playing out in headlines, or the inevitable toll those stresses take from so muscular and passionate a singer, the directors leave nothing unturned. They create a picture of a remarkable woman who needed more help than she received and provide an unflinching, gripping, and wholly committed exploration of talent given and taken away, in an era obsessed with how that talent lives when the stage lights go down.

REVIEWS Whitney: Can I Be Me - An enthralling, heartbreaking tale

PRODUCER

THE PRINCESS DIARIES (2001)
Starring Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Héctor Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, Mandy Moore, Caroline Goodall, Robert Schwartzman, Erik Von Detten, Patrick John Flueger and Sean O'Bryan. Directed by Garry Marshall.

REVIEWS The Princess Diaries - 20 years since Genovia found its princess