Directed by:
Ondi TimonerCinematography:
Nancy SchreiberComposer:
Marcelo ZarvosCast:
Matt Smith, Marianne Rendón, Mark Moses, John Benjamin Hickey, Carolyn McCormick, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tina Benko, McKinley Belcher III, Brandon Sklenar (more)Plots(1)
Robert Mapplethorpe’s portraits, images of calla lilies, and chronicles of New York City’s underground BDSM scene remain touchstones of 20th-century photography even now, nearly three decades after his death from complications of HIV/AIDS in 1989. Mapplethorpe revisits the titular photographer’s legacy, beginning at the moment just before he takes up residence in the Chelsea Hotel. There, Mapplethorpe begins to amass a portfolio of images - and, at the same time, to explore his formerly supressed attraction to men. But Mapplethorpe’s relentless ambition - as he says in one early scene, “I can’t just be Mapplethorpe the photographer,” fancying himself a “modern Michelangelo” - threatens to tear apart the relationships he cherishes the most. (Tribeca Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Matt Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/656/166656185_c0364b.jpg)
Matt Smith
UK
Best movies:
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) (TV movie)
House of the Dragon (2022) (series)
Official Secrets (2019)
Marianne Rendón
Best movies:
Mapplethorpe (2018)
Charlie Says (2018)
Gemini (2017)
![Mark Moses](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270478_dfd9fb.jpg)
Mark Moses
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
The Doors (1991)
James Dean (2001) (TV movie)
![John Benjamin Hickey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/273/160273916_8b7883.jpg)
John Benjamin Hickey
USA
Best movies:
Freedom Writers (2007)
The Ice Storm (1997)
Truth (2015)
Carolyn McCormick
USA
Best movies:
Whatever Works (2009)
Enemy Mine (1985)
The Post (2017)
![Brian Stokes Mitchell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456135_8c426f.jpg)
Brian Stokes Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988) (TV movie)
![Tina Benko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/798/161798678_43e2fc.jpg)
Tina Benko
USA
Best movies:
The Avengers (2012)
Vinyl (2016) (series)
The Greatest Showman (2017)
![McKinley Belcher III](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/786/160786981_c897fb.jpg)
McKinley Belcher III
USA
Best movies:
The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)
Trial by Fire (2018)
Mapplethorpe (2018)
![Brandon Sklenar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/228/169228413_lemax6.jpg)
Brandon Sklenar
USA
Best movies:
It Ends with Us (2024)
Vice (2018)
Midway (2019)
![Hari Nef](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/055/165055958_54c4ae.png)
Hari Nef
USA
Best movies:
Mapplethorpe (2018)
Barbie (2023)
Assassination Nation (2018)
Kerry Butler
USA
Best movies:
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016) (series)
Mapplethorpe (2018)
Honor Society (2022)
![Rotimi Paul](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/775/162775414_62c361.jpg)
Rotimi Paul
Best movies:
Mapplethorpe (2018)
The First Purge (2018)
Gurdeep Singh
Best movies:
The Departed (2006)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Never Forever (2007)
Karan Oberoi
Best movies:
Mapplethorpe (2018)
Karlee Perez
USA
Best movies:
Mapplethorpe (2018)
Seized (2020)
Thomas Philip O'Neill
Best movies:
Mapplethorpe (2018)
Black Mass (2015)
David J. Cork
Best movies:
Mapplethorpe (2018)
Jorge Humberto Hoyos
Best movies:
Mapplethorpe (2018)