Mapplethorpe (film)


Mapplethorpe is a 2018 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ondi Timoner. Shooting began on 11 July 2017 in New York and lasted only 19 days. It premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.

Premise

Details the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe through his career up until his death in 1989.

Cast

Mapplethorpe has received six Audience Awards at Tribeca Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival, All Genders Lifestyles and Identities Film Festival, Key West Film Festival, Long Beach Q Film Festival, Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival, Out on Film Atlanta Film Festival, and Best LGBTQ Film at Key West Int'l Film Festival, Best Director at Long Beach Int'l Film Festival, Best Feature Film and Best Director at the Queen Palm International Film Festival and Best Feature Film and Best Director at the Hollywood Women's Film Festival.