Don Letts

Q: Has Don Letts won any awards?

Don Letts has received several accolades for his contributions to film and music, including recognition at various film festivals for his documentaries.

Q: What was Don Letts' first film?

Don Letts' first major film was 'The Punk Rock Movie', released in 1978, which showcased the punk music scene in London.

Q: What is Don Letts' most successful film?

His most successful film is often considered 'Rebel Dread', which has been praised for its insightful portrayal of his life and the cultural movements he influenced.

Q: What is Don Letts' background?

Don Letts was born in London to Jamaican parents and grew up immersed in music, which significantly influenced his career in filmmaking and music.

Q: What is Don Letts' estimated net worth?

Don Letts' estimated net worth is around $3 million, reflecting his successful career in film and music.

Q: How has Don Letts influenced music?

Don Letts has influenced music by blending punk and reggae, promoting reggae artists, and using film to document and share these genres with wider audiences.

Q: What role did Don Letts play in the punk movement?

Don Letts was a key figure in the punk movement as a DJ, filmmaker, and cultural commentator, helping to shape the sound and visuals of the era.

Known for

Rebel Dread (2022)

IMDb 7 / 10

2022 / Documentary, Music / 83mins

Documentary about Don Letts who played a leading role in pop history. Letts injected Afro-Caribbean music into the early punk scene and shot over...

Name

Don Letts

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Born

10 April 1956, London, England

Spouses

Dawn Letts (1990–present)

Children

2, including son Jaden Letts

Parents

Cyril Letts, Mary Letts

Estimated Net Worth

$3 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	TV Too Much When a heartbroken New Yorker moves to London hoping for a love story, she falls for an indie musician who's...	Jonah the Ox	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2024	Movie Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story Pauline Black is a multi-talented figure who dedicated four decades to music, while supporting and campaigning for racial equality. Featuring...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2024	TV The 1970s: Those Were the Days An affectionate look at life in 1970s Britain - the news, fads, fashions, music and more.	Self - Musician/Filmmaker	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2024	Movie Sinéad With contributions from David Holmes, Christy Moore, Imelda May, Don Letts, BP Fallon and more, this documentary reflects on Sineád...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2023	Movie When Blondie Came to Britain The story of Britain’s long relationship with Blondie - the part it played in helping the band to international success...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2023	Movie Sounds Like the 80s Ken Bruce celebrates the sound of the 1980s, as icons from the British music scene pick their favourite tracks that...	Self	Not rated
2023	Movie Don Letts - 6 Music Festival The 6 Music presenter and DJ warms up the crowd.	Unknown character	Not rated
2022	Movie Rebel Dread Documentary about Don Letts who played a leading role in pop history. Letts injected Afro-Caribbean music into the early punk...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2021	Movie Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's...	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2020	Movie When Bob Marley Came to Britain Featuring rarely seen archive and interviews, this documentary examines Bob Marley’s special relationship with Britain and reveals how he inspired...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2019	Movie England 79 "England 79" - 17 scenes from Great Britain the winter of discontent, 1979.	Unknown character	Not rated
2019	TV Punk Featuring original interviews with America’s punk pioneers and the U.K.’s most notorious bands, alongside a seamless blend of rare and...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2019	Movie My View: Clem Burke An access all areas documentary with Clem Burke, a look back at 40 years on the road and performing with...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2018	Movie Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records This stylish documentary about the iconic ska, reggae and rock-steady label is a timely and wide-ranging celebration of british Jamaican...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2018	Movie Here to be Heard: The Story of The Slits The tale of the formation, journey and end of the seminal Punk/Reggae band The Slits.	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2017	Movie Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers Documentary about reggae music and culture in London in 1977. Filmed in Super 8 camera by Don Letts. With participation...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2016	Movie The Story of Skinhead Don Letts examines the history of this notorious subculture in a fascinating documentary, which features interviews with members of different...	Himself, Presenter	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2016	Movie No Future - Als der Punk Wellen schlug	Don Letts	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2015	Movie The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead From Lemmy filmmaker Wes Orshoski comes the story of the long-ignored pioneers of punk: The Damned, the first U.K. punks...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2013	Movie Basically, Johnny Moped A funny and often moving account of one of UK music's great lost treasures. Formed in 1974 by a group...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2012	TV Punk Britannia A brand new take on the most transformative force in British popular music history.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2012	Movie Evidently... John Cooper Clarke A look at the life of John Cooper Clarke. From his rise as a 'punk poet', through his heroin addiction,...	Himself	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2009	Movie Who Killed Nancy? On October 12th, 1978, New York Police discovered the lifeless body of a young woman, slumped under the bathroom sink...	Self - Filmmaker	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2007	Movie Chaos! Sex Pistols Secret History The '70s work of the late Dave Goodman leads US directly into the shocking true story of the birth -...	Unknown character	Not rated
2007	TV Seven Ages of Rock A definitive landmark series charting the emergence and re-emergence of rock music as a global force, told through the musicians...	Self	TMDB 9.2 / 10
2007	Movie Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2007	Movie A City Runs Through the Festival A City Runs Through the Festival is an anatomy of the Festival through the eyes of its own audience.	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2006	Movie Rock Milestones: The Clash Years Critical review of the English punk rock band's 1979 album, 'London Calling'. The program features input from industry experts, including...	Himself	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2002	TV Timeshift Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied...	self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1999	Movie The Clash: Westway To The World A 2000 documentary film about the British punk rock band The Clash. In 2003 it won the Grammy Awards for...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1996	Movie Punk rule O.K. Short documentary about the beginnings of punk in Great Britain. Don Letts, Caroline Coon, Jon Savage and Viv Albertine -...	Himself	Not rated
1996	TV Good News Week Good News Week was an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996...	Self	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1992	Movie Gummed Labels Comedy thriller deals with an arranged marriage.	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1992	Movie BAD I+II A collection of music videos by Big Audio Dynamite. Featuring videos for The Bottom Line, E=MC^2, Medicine Show, C'mon Every...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1991	Movie Coping with Cupid Three blondes from another planet land on earth to conduct research into romantic love	Man on Train	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1990	Movie Midnight Breaks When sweet-voiced Cassie of unsigned reggae act Midnight is offered a lucrative deal to join successful group Breaks by record...	Tyrone	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1982	Movie The King of Comedy Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host...	Street Scum	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1982	TV Riverside Riverside was a TV series broadcast on BBC2 in the United Kingdom featuring musicians, bands, actors, fashion designers, artists and...	Self	Not rated
1978	Movie The Punk Rock Movie Documentary on the London punk-rock scene, circa '78	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1978	Movie The Year Of Punk The summer of the Jubilee in 1977 was mentally dominated by another national anthem - "God Save the Queen" by...	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story They have raged on for forty years, cutting a swath across continents and lighting the fuse of revolutionary thought. From...	Self	Not rated
TBA	Movie Big Audio Dynamite: The Tube 1986 Big Audio Dynamite: The Tube 1986	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie Big Audio Dynamite: Meltdown 1987 Big Audio Dynamite: Meltdown 1987	Unknown character	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2025	Movie In Those Days In Those Days explores the experiences of the first wave of Afro-Caribbean immigrants who arrived in the UK to fill...	Director Directing	Not rated
2017	Movie Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers Documentary about reggae music and culture in London in 1977. Filmed in Super 8 camera by Don Letts. With participation...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2016	Movie The Story of Skinhead Don Letts examines the history of this notorious subculture in a fascinating documentary, which features interviews with members of different...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2013	Movie Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen From Led Zeppelin to The Rolling Stones, Elvis to Madonna, John Lennon to Johnny Rotten, Bob Gruen has captured half...	Director Directing	Not rated
2009	Movie Carnival!	Director Directing	Not rated
2009	Movie Tony Christie: Going Home Short Documentary by Don Letts	Director Directing	Not rated
2008	Movie The Clash: Live (Revolution Rock) THE CLASH LIVE: REVOLUTION ROCK is an exciting new documentary film directed by long-time Clash collaborator and Grammy-winning producer Don...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2006	Movie George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein Don Letts's hilarious and colourful profile of the godfather of funk, whose 50-year career has defined the genre. From his...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2006	Movie The Jam: The Making of All Mod Cons The Making Of All Mod Cons has been personally overseen by Paul Weller, Rick Buckler & Bruce Foxton and the...	Director Directing	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2005	Movie Punk: Attitude From London's 1970 mod scene to Sonic Youth, punk music has always been about attitude and anarchy. This comprehensive rockumentary...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2005	Movie Punk: Attitude From London's 1970 mod scene to Sonic Youth, punk music has always been about attitude and anarchy. This comprehensive rockumentary...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2005	Movie Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet Sun Ra was born on the planet Saturn some time ago. The best accounts agree that he emerged on Earth...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2004	Movie The Clash: The Last Testament - The Making of London Calling The documentary tells the story of the making of The Clash's 'London Calling' album and included in a special 25th...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2003	Movie The Clash : The Essential Clash Formed in 1976, The Clash embodied passion, idealism and political social zeal. Blending rock, reggae, hip-hop and funk, they were...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2003	Movie One Love Kassa a free-wheelin rasta man, falls for a straight laced gospel singer Serena, when they both meet as they enter...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2003	Movie Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Gil Scott-Heron was one of the most influential musicians and poets of the last 50 years. In Don Letts's documentary,...	Writer Writing	Not rated
2003	Movie Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Gil Scott-Heron was one of the most influential musicians and poets of the last 50 years. In Don Letts's documentary,...	Director Directing	Not rated
1999	Movie The Clash: Westway To The World A 2000 documentary film about the British punk rock band The Clash. In 2003 it won the Grammy Awards for...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1997	Movie Dancehall Queen Marcia has a tough life in Kingston, Jamaica, where she's the sole provider for her teenage daughter. Her business as...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1997	Movie Dancehall Queen Marcia has a tough life in Kingston, Jamaica, where she's the sole provider for her teenage daughter. Her business as...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1992	Movie BAD I+II A collection of music videos by Big Audio Dynamite. Featuring videos for The Bottom Line, E=MC^2, Medicine Show, C'mon Every...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1986	Movie Public Image Ltd. : Videos Public Image Ltd. promo VHS video compilation 1978-86. Includes Rise, Public Image, Death Disco, This is Not a Love Song,...	Director Directing	Not rated
1981	Movie The Clash On Broadway Aborted film project begun by Don Letts and The Clash. The intent of the film was to document the events...	Director Directing	Not rated
1978	Movie The Punk Rock Movie Documentary on the London punk-rock scene, circa '78	Director of Photography Camera	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1978	Movie The Punk Rock Movie Documentary on the London punk-rock scene, circa '78	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
TBA	Movie Strummerville A documentary on the family members and friends who set up a charity, Stummerville, after musician Joe Strummer's death in...	Director Directing	Not rated

Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story

2024 / TMDB 6.8

Sinéad

2024 / TMDB 8.0

When Blondie Came to Britain

2023 / TMDB 7.0

Sounds Like the 80s

2023

Rebel Dread

2022 / TMDB 7.0

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

2021 / TMDB 6.6

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Got a question about Don Letts?

What are some of Don Letts' notable films?

Don Letts is known for films such as 'Rebel Dread', which chronicles his life and impact on music and culture, and 'The Clash: Westway to the World', a documentary about the band.

Has Don Letts won any awards?

What was Don Letts' first film?

What is Don Letts' most successful film?

What is Don Letts' background?

What is Don Letts' estimated net worth?

How has Don Letts influenced music?

What role did Don Letts play in the punk movement?

Known for

Rebel Dread (2022)

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