From Paperback Writer to the Rooftop Concert: Directing The Beatles

The Beatles’ pioneering promotional films and videos helped to define the ways we experience music. Originally intended to reach international audiences on television, films created for many of the band’s songs were an influential precursor to the now-ubiquitous music video. 



Legendary film and television director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, joined in conversation by Apple Corps’ Jonathan Clyde, Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield, and moderator Jordan Runtagh (iHeartRadio), will discuss and screen some of the 1966 promo films he directed for The Beatles’ “Paperback Writer” and “Rain” singles during the band’s innovative and influential Revolver era. Highlights from The Beatles’ January 30, 1969, rooftop concert, also directed by Lindsay-Hogg, will also be screened. The Beatles’ final live performance, atop their Apple Corps headquarters in London, is beautifully restored and presented in its entirety in Peter Jackson’s acclaimed docuseries The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+), which recently won five Emmy Awards.


This event is presented in conjunction with Apple Corps/UMG’s newly mixed and expanded special edition releases for The Beatles’ Revolver, universally hailed as one of the best albums of all time.

This program is made possible by generous support from The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation and The Isermann Family Foundation.