F for Fake
A magician is just an actor playing the part of a magician.
89 mins
Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
Edith Irving
Self
David Walsh
Self
Richard Wilson
Self
Richard Drewett
Self
Alexander Welles
Self
Julio Palinkas
Self
Christian Odasso
Self
Mark Forgy
Self
Richard Drewett
Associate Producer
Paul Bertault
Sound Mixer
Dominique Antoine
Producer
Dominique Engerer
Editor
Marie-Sophie Dubus
Editor
Christian Odasso
Additional Photography