Wayne Shorter: movies and TV shows
Wayne Shorter has 50 credits in the archive: 44 films and 6 TV series, from 1964 to 2023. Highest rated: Classic Albums (7.7/10).
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Career timeline
1964 – 2023 · busiest year: 2015 (4 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity | Self | TV | 8.6 | 89 |
| 2023 | Elis & Tom: It Had to be You | Self | Film | 8.0 | 89 |
| 2023 | esperanza spalding: Homage to Wayne Shorter @ Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 2023 | Film | — | 89 | |
| 2020 | Universe | Film | — | 86 | |
| 2020 | Universe | Film | — | 86 | |
| 2019 | Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool | Self - Musician | Film | 7.1 | 85 |
| 2019 | Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes | Self | Film | 6.7 | 85 |
| 2018 | It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story | Self | Film | 8.1 | 84 |
| 2017 | Chasing Trane | Self - Musician | Film | 7.3 | 83 |
| 2016 | Miles Ahead | Live Concert Band | Film | 6.4 | 82 |
| 2016 | I Called Him Morgan | Self | Film | 7.1 | 82 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 81 |
| 2015 | StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson | Self | TV | 6.7 | 81 |
| 2015 | Jaco | Self | Film | 7.5 | 81 |
| 2015 | Marcus | Self | Film | 6.0 | 81 |
| 2013 | Miles Davis: Live in Europe 1969 | himself | Film | — | 79 |
| 2012 | The Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet | Film | 8.0 | 78 | |
| 2011 | Miles Davis: Around Midnight | Saxophone (Tenor) | Film | — | 77 |
| 2011 | Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne | Himself | Film | 6.0 | 77 |
| 2010 | Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: 75th | himself | Film | — | 76 |
| 2010 | Miles Davis: Copenhagen Live 1969 | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2010 | Wayne Shorter 4tet - Jazz à Vienne | Himself | Film | 8.5 | 76 |
| 2005 | Santana: In Concert | Self - Saxophone | Film | — | 71 |
| 2004 | Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux | Film | 7.0 | 70 | |
| 2003 | Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind | Self | Film | 5.9 | 69 |
| 2000 | Santana: Supernatural Live | Self | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1999 | Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja | Self | Film | 6.6 | 65 |
| 1997 | Classic Albums | Self | TV | 7.7 | 63 |
| 1996 | Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996 | Saxophone | Film | 10.0 | 62 |
| 1994 | The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994 | Self | Film | 4.8 | 60 |
| 1992 | Love Crimes | Jazz Quartet | Film | 4.3 | 58 |
| 1990 | The World According to John Coltrane | Himself | Film | 4.0 | 56 |
| 1990 | The Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project | Sax soprano | Film | — | 56 |
| 1988 | Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival | Himself | Film | — | 54 |
| 1987 | Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions | Himself | Film | — | 53 |
| 1987 | Tribute To John Coltrane (Select Live Under The Sky '87 10th Special) | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1986 | Before Midnight | Self (archive footage) | Film | 4.0 | 52 |
| 1984 | Weather Report Live In Tokyo | himself | Film | — | 50 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self | TV | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1978 | Weather Report: Live in Offenbach 1978 | Himself | Film | 4.5 | 44 |
| 1976 | Weather Report: Live at Montreux | Saxophones | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1975 | Weather Report: Live in Berlin | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1971 | Weather Report Live In Hamburg 1971 | Himself | Film | — | 37 |
| 1964 | Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964 | Film | — | 30 | |
| Weather Report - Live 1971 TV | Themself | Film | — | — | |
| Wayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac | Film | 7.5 | — | ||
| Miles Davis Quintet In Berlin 1969 | Self | Film | — | — | |
| Michel Petrucciani Power of Three | Himself | Film | 4.2 | — | |
| Miles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969 | Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone | Film | — | — |