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Biography (print)

John Russell Taylor. Orson Welles. Pavilion,

Robert Carringer. The Making of Citizen Kane. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1985. ISBN 0520053672

Harold Kennedy. No Pickle, No Performance: An Irreverent Theatrical Excursion from Tallulah to Travolta. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978. ISBN 0385132417

Robert Garis. The Films of Orson Welles. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 0521649722

Chuck Berg. Encyclopedia of Orson Welles. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2003. ISBN 0816043906

Simon Callow. Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu. New York: Viking, 1996.

Orson Welles, with Peter Bogdanovich. This Is Orson Welles. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.

Bret Wood. Orson Welles: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990.

Frank Brady. Citizen Welles. New York: Charles Scribners, 1989.

Barbara Leaming. Orson Welles. New York: Viking Press, 1985.

Charles Higham. Orson Welles: The Rise and Fall of An American Genius. New York: St. Martins Press, 1975.

Joseph McBride. Orson Welles. New York: Viking Press, 1972.

Maurice Bessy. Orson Welles. Paris, France: Segers, 1963.

André Bazin. Orson Welles. New York: Harper, 1978.

Morris Beja. Perspective on Orson Welles. G.K. Hall, 1995.

Ronald Gottesman. Focus on Orson Welles. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice- Hall, 1976.

Charles Higham. The Films of Orson Welles. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1970.

James Neremore. The Magic World of Orson Welles. SMU Press, 1989.

David Thomson. Rosebud: The Story of Orson Welles.

Clinton Heylin. Despite the System: Orson Welles Vs. the Hollywood Studios. Edinburgh, Scotland: Canongate Books Ltd, 2005. ISBN 1841955868

Simon Callow. Orson Welles: Volume 2: Hello Americans. New York: Viking Adult, 2006. ISBN 0670872563

Joseph McBride. What Ever Happened to Orson Welles?: A Portrait of an Independent Career. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2006. ISBN 0813124107

James Howard. The complete Films of Orson Welles. New York, USA: Carol Publishing Group (A Citadel Press book), 1991. ISBN 0806512415

Clinton Heylin. Despite the System: Orson Welles Versus the Hollywood Studios. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2005. ISBN 1556525478

F.X. Feeney. Welles. Taschen, 2006. ISBN 3822820032

Peter Prescott Tonguette. Orson Welles Remembered: Interviews With His Actors, Editors, Cinematographers And Magicians. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2007. ISBN 0786427604

Joseph McBride (German translation: Brigitte Straub). Orson Welles Seine Filme - sein Leben. München, Germany: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1982. ISBN 3453860470

Gary Graver. Making Movies with Orson Welles: A Memoir. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008.

Peter Bogdanovich. The Cinema of Orson Welles. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1961.

Christopher Welles (as Chris Welles Feder). In My Father's Shadow: A Daughter Remembers Orson Welles. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2009. ISBN 1565125991

Biographical movies

Martian Mania: The True Story of The War of the Worlds (1998) (TV)

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995)

Portrait: Orson Welles (1968) (TV)

The American Film Institute Salute to Orson Welles (1975) (TV)

Orson Welles à la cinémathèque (1983) (TV)

Orson Welles and People (1956) (TV)

Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth (2000) (TV)

Orson Welles en el país de Don Quijote (2000) (TV)

"Around the World with Orson Welles" (1955)

Interview with Orson Welles (1960) (TV)

Orson Welles: What Went Wrong? (1992)

A Linguagem de Orson Welles (1990)

Looking for Orson Welles (2002) (TV)

Rosabella: la storia italiana di Orson Welles (1993)

Working with Orson Welles (1993) (V)

Portrayed in

Ed Wood (1994)

Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess (1983) (TV)

The Night That Panicked America (1975) (TV)

Heavenly Creatures (1994)

Malice in Wonderland (1985) (TV)

Fade to Black (2006/I)

Grover's Mill (2006)

Me and Orson Welles (2008)

Man in the Chair (2007)

FourAct Play (2007)

Five Minutes, Mr. Welles (2005)

Citizen Welles (2004)

RKO 281 (1999) (TV)

Orson Welles Sells His Soul to the Devil (1999)

Cradle Will Rock (1999)

All Star Comedy (1982) (TV)

Article

"Bookforum" (USA)	September 2006, Vol. 13, Iss. 3, pg. 49, by: Kent Jones, "Rio Divorce: New looks at Orson Welles' war with the studios."
"Premiere" (USA)	May 2006, Vol. 19, Iss. 8, pg. 98-99, by: Webster, Andy, ""DVD Essential Filmography""
"Entertainment Weekly" (USA)	14 April 2006, Vol. 1, Iss. 852, pg. 52-54, by: Nashawaty, Chris, ""the Film That Broke Orson Welles' Heart""
"The New York Times" (USA)	1 May 2005, by: Budd Schulberg, "'Despite the System:' The Kane Mutiny"
"Stop Smiling" (USA)	2005, Iss. 23, pg. 54-59, by: Jonathan Rosenbaum, "Orson Welles At 90"
"The Guardian" (UK)	29 August 2003, by: Peter Conrad, "Genius and folly"
"Cineaste" (USA)	2003, Vol. XXIX, Iss. 1, pg. 4-7, by: Nicole V. Gagne, "Where Is 'The Other Side Of The Wind'? or Quien Es Mas Macho: Orson Welles, John Huston, or Ernest Hemingway?"
"Movieline" (USA)	November 2002, Vol. 13, Iss. 12, pg. 38+90, by: David Thomson, "The Most Successful Person In Hollywood"
"Vimagazino" (Greece)	28 October 2001, Iss. 55, pg. 104-107, by: Eleni Pirgioti, "Geia sou kai andio"
"Dagens Nyheter" (Sweden)	18 January 2000, pg. B5, by: Jan Lumholdt, "Citizen Welles"
"Cineaste" (USA)	2000, Vol. XXV, Iss. 3, pg. 10-13, by: Paul Arthur, ""Reviving Orson: or Rosebud, Dead or Alive"
"Cult Movies" (USA)	2000, Iss. 31, pg. 56-61, by: Ron Ford & Tim Murphy, "The Blessed and the Damned: Orson Welles and the Fantasy Genre"
"Bibel" (Sweden)	November 1999, Iss. 12, pg. 111, by: Mathias Rosengren, "Orson!"
"Vanity Fair" (USA)	November 1999, Iss. 471, pg. 236-241 & 130-143, by: James Wolcott, "The Big O"
"Reperages" (France)	November 1999, Vol. II, Iss. 8, pg. 48-49, by: Nachiketas Wignesan, "Maudit Orson Welles!"
"Cinema" (Greece)	October 1999, Iss. 105, pg. 102-107, by: Babis Aktsoglou, "O skinothetis pou agapisame"
"Diário de Notícias" (Portugal)	2 July 1999, pg. 44, by: João Lopes, "Orson Welles e a música das palavras"
"Entertainment Weekly" (USA)	30 October 1998, Vol. 1, Iss. 456, pg. 132, by: Jeff Gordinier, "Welles' War"
"Cineaste" (USA)	Winter 1998, Vol. 24, Iss. 1, pg. 28-33, by: Kenneth S. Rothwell, "Orson Welles: Shakespeare for the Art Houses"
"Film Comment" (USA)	September 1996, Vol. 32, Iss. 5, pg. 85-87, by: Donald Lyons, "Setting Terms for Orson"
"Cineaste" (USA)	1996, Vol. XXII, Iss. 3, pg. 6-10, by: Jonathan Rosenbaum, ""The Battle Over Orson Welles""
"Film Comment" (USA)	January 1992, Vol. 28, Iss. 1, pg. 56, by: Richard T Jameson, "Cries and Whispers"
"Film Comment" (USA)	January 1992, Vol. 28, Iss. 1, pg. 54-55, by: Henry Sheehan, "TV as Snowglobe"
"Film Comment" (USA)	January 1992, Vol. 28, Iss. 1, pg. 50-53+57-59, by: Jonathan Rosenbaum, "The Seven Arkadins"
"Film Comment" (USA)	January 1991, Vol. 27, Iss. 1, pg. 22-27, by: James Naremore, "The Trial: The FBI vs. Orson Welles"
"Playboy" (USA)	December 1983, Vol. 30, Iss. 12, pg. 172-173+178+301-304, by: Barbara Leaming, "The Genius Takes On Tinseltown"
"Gallery" (USA)	December 1972, Vol. 1, Iss. 2, pg. 36-38, by: Joseph McBride, "Orson Welles Likes Himself"
"Dagens Nyheter" (Sweden)	27 April 1941, "Goss-producenten Orson Welles"

Pictorial

"Premiere" (USA)	September 1989, Vol. 3, Iss. 1, pg. 78, by: Douglas Kirkland, "Douglas Kirkland: He is a Camera"
"Ciné-Revue" (Belgium)	30 May 1968, Vol. 48, Iss. 22, pg. 12-13, by: J. v. Cottom and Paul Louis, "Cannes 1968 : Tandis que les nuages s'amassent, le Festival lance ses derniers feux"

Magazine cover photo

"Video Watchdog" (USA)	June 1994, Iss. 23
"Radio Times" (UK)	13 March 1960
"Sight & Sound" (UK)	1958, Vol. 27, Iss. 5

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