Willie Nelson Filmography & Bibliography

Willie Nelson Filmography (actor and as himself)

Outlaw Blues (Warner Bros., 1977)

Renaldo and Clara (Lombard Street Films, 1977)

The Unbroken Circle: A Tribute to Mother Maybelle Carter (CBS, 1979)

The Electric Horseman (Columbia/Universal Pictures, 1979)

Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Celebration (Alston/Zanitsch International, 1979)

Bob and Ray, Jane, Laraine and Gilda (NBC, 1979)

Honeysuckle Rose (Warner Bros., 1980)

Thief (MGM-UA, 1981)

Coming Out of the Ice (CBS/Playhouse, 1982)

Barbarosa (Universal, 1982)

Willie Nelson and Family in Concert (CBS/Fox, 1983)

The Other Side of Nashville (MGM-UA, 1983)

Hells Angels Forever (Marvin Films, 1983)

Songwriter (Tri-Star Pictures, 1984)

The Willie Nelson Special (Pioneer/Embassy, 1985)

We Are the World: The Video Event (RCA/Columbia, 1985)

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (Rivers-Rosenberg Productions, 1985)

1918 (PBS/Fox, 1985)

Red Headed Stranger (Alive Films/Charter Entertainment, 1986)

Stagecoach (CBS-TV, 1986)

The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (NBC-TV, 1986)

Amazons (MGM, 1986)

Greatest Hits Live (Vestron Musicvideo, 1986)

Heartbeat (Twentieth Century Fox, 1987)

Baja Oklahoma (Lorimar, 1987)

Chet Atkins and Friends (HBO, 1987)

The Greatest Moments in Dallas Cowboys History (Polygram, 1987)

A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (CBS, 1988)

Where the Hell’s That Gold! (Mntex/CBS, 1988)

Texas Guns/Once Upon a Texas Train (CBS, 1988)

Walking After Midnight (Kay Film, 1988)

In the Hank Williams Tradition (White Star, 1989)

Some Enchanted Evening With Willie Nelson (Cabin Fever, 1989)

The Real Patsy Cline (Cabin Fever, 1989)

Pair of Aces (Warner Bros., 1990)

Another Pair of Aces (Starmaker, 1991)

Willie Nelson: My Life (Capital Cities/ABC, 1992)

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O (Fox/CBS, 1993)

Dust to Dust (The Water Hole Gang Inc., 1994)

Texas (Republic Pictures, 1994)

Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story (CBS, 1995)

Starlight (British Columbia Film Commission/FUND, 1996)

Willie Nelson: Down Home (PBS, 1996)

The Best of Austin City Limits: Country Music’s Finest Hour (PBS, 1997)

Gone Fishin’ (Warner Bros., 1997)

Farm Aid ‘97 (TNN, 1997)

Wag the Dog (New Line Cinema, 1997)

Half Baked (MCA/Universal, 1998)

Christopher Reeve: A Celebration of Hope (ABC-TV, 1998)

Roger Miller Remembered (TNN, 1998)

The Kennedy Center Honors 1998 (CBS-TV, 1998)

Willie Nelson at the Teatro (Wim Wenders, 1998)

Outlaw Justice/The Long Kill (CBS-TV, 1999)

Dill Scallion (Brady Oil/Conspiracy/Pedestrian, The Asylum, 1999)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Buena Vista, 1999)

The Story of Darrell Royal (Tapeworm Video, 1999)

Merle Haggard: Live in Concert (Brentwood, 1999)

Stardust (Cyber Sci-Fi Network, 2000)

Last Party 2000 (Camouflage/ID Distribution, 2001)

The Journeyman (Contrabando/ThinkFilm, 2001)

America: A Tribute to Heroes (9/11 Telethon Broadcast, Warner Bros., 2001)

Crossover (Stick Figure/Independent Film Channel, 2001)

Freedom Highway (Filmové Studio Barrandov, 2001)

Korean War Stories (New Voyage Communications/PBS, 2001)

The Country Bears (Walt Disney, Working Bear/Buena Vista, 2002)

Willie Nelson: Live at Billy Bob’s Texas (Music Link Productions/Image Entertainment, 2004)

The Big Bounce (Warner Bros., 2004)

The Dukes of Hazzard (Warner Bros., 2005)

Fighting with Anger (Do Or Die Pictures, 2007)

The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (Warner Premiere, 2007)

Blonde Ambition (Millennium Films, 2007)

Willie Nelson Select Bibliography (by date)

“A Tribute to Bob Wills,” Willie Nelson, Country Music, Volume II, Number 12, August, 1974

Willie Nelson Family Album, Lana Nelson Fowler, editor; New York: Viking Press, 1980

Willie: An Unauthorized Biography of Willie Nelson, Michael Bane, New York: Dell Publishing, 1984

Willie Nelson: Country Outlaw, Lola Scobey, New York: Kensington Publishing, 1982, reprinted 1984

“Why the Farmer Needs Your Support,” Billboard, Volume 99, Number 38, September 19, 1987

Heart Worn Memories: A Daughter’s Personal Biography of Willie Nelson, Susie Nelson, Austin: Eakin Press, 1987

Willie: An Autobiography, Willie Nelson with Bud Shrake, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988

The Willie Nelson “Cooked Goose” Cookbook and IRS Financial Advisor, Sherman Wildman, Kent Wildman; Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1992

Willie Nelson: Lyrics 1957-1994, Don Cusic, editor; New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1995

Willie Nelson Sings America!, Steven Opdyke, Austin: Eakin Press, 1998

Willie Nelson: Behind the Music, Clint Richmond, New York: Pocket Books, 2000

The Willie Nelson Songbook, Carol Cuellar, editor; Warner Bros. Publications, 2001

Willie Nelson: Teatro, Carol Cuellar, editor; Warner Bros. Publications, 2001

Willie Nelson: Deluxe Anthology, Willie Nelson, Warner Bros. Publications, 2001

The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes, Willie Nelson, New York: Random House, 2002

Farm Aid: A Song for America, Willie Nelson, Rodale Books, 2005

Willie Nelson Guitar Songbook, Willie Nelson, Alfred Publishing, 2007

The Tao of Willie Kindle Edition, Willie Nelson, Gotham, 2007

The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart, Willie Nelson and Turk Pipkin, Gotham, 2007

Willie Nelson: The Outlaw, Graeme Thomson, Virgin, 2007

On the “Clean” Road Again: Biodiesel and the Future of the Family Farm, Willie Nelson, Fulcrum Publishing, 2007

Willie Nelson: An Epic Life, Joe Nick Patoski, Little Brown and Company, 2008