Don Letts
Don Letts (born 10 January,
1959 in
London,
England) is a film director and musician. His film
The Punk Rock Movie documents the original UK
punk rock movement. His
2003 film
Westway to the World won a
Grammy award. Letts recorded a
1978 EP,
Steel Leg v the Electric Dread, with
Keith Levene,
Jah Wobble, and
Steel Leg. He later became a founding member of
Big Audio Dynamite. In recent years he has mainly worked as a film maker.
Letts worked as a DJ in the Roxy, a London nightclub during the original outbreak of punk in England. As few bands of that era had yet recorded, there were limited punk rock records to be played. Instead, Letts included many dub and reggae records in his sets, and is credited with introducing those sounds to the London punk scene, which was to influence
The Clash and other bands.
*The Right Spectacle: The Very Best of
Elvis Costello - The Videos (2005) (V)
*Punk: Attitude (2005) (TV)
*Making of '
London Calling': The Last Testament (2004) (V)
*One Love (2003)
*The Essential Clash (2003) (V)
*
The Pretenders: Greatest Hits (2000) (V) (video "Back on the Chain Gang")
*The Clash: Westway to the World (2000) (V)
*
Dancehall Queen (1997)
*Dancing in the Streets (1997) (TV)
*Pretenders: The Singles (1988) (V) (video "Back on the Chain Gang")
*The Punk Rock Movie (1978)
*
Don Letts interview
