Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's "Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of many hits in collaboration with Marc Bolan. Visconti's lengthiest involvement was with David Bowie: intermittently from the production and arrangement of Bowie's 1968 single "In the Heat of the Morning" / "London Bye Ta-Ta" to his final album Blackstar in 2016, Visconti produced and occasionally performed on many of Bowie's albums. Visconti's work on Blackstar was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and his production of Angelique Kidjo's Djin Djin received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 24, 1944 (82)
- New York City, New York
- Actor
- 2 on MovieCove · 5 credits in all
What are Tony Visconti's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Tony Visconti's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 2 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Tony Visconti's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
5 credits, 2 with a MovieCove page; 11 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Moonage Daydream(2022)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
David Bowie: The Berlin Briefings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Marc Bolan: The Final Word (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Star Cops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 5 titles from 1983 to 2022.
Awards
3 major awards from 3 major nominations, 2008–2017.
- Grammy Award, won · Best Alternative Music Album
- Grammy Award, won · Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
- Grammy Award, won · Best Contemporary World Music Album
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Tony Visconti's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 94th percentile, the median of all 2; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 90th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 2 titles divides audiences: 2 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved2
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Tony Visconti work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tony Visconti's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Francis Whately shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Francis WhatelyShared titles: David Bowie: Finding Fame (2019), David Bowie: The Last Five Years (2017), David Bowie: Five Years (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Francis Whately
Actors
- David BowieShared titles: David Bowie: Finding Fame (2019), David Bowie: The Last Five Years (2017), David Bowie: Five Years (2013)See all 3 shared titles with David Bowie
Cinematographers and editors
- Ged MurphyShared titles: David Bowie: Finding Fame (2019), David Bowie: The Last Five Years (2017), David Bowie: Five Years (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Ged Murphy
- Richard NumeroffShared titles: David Bowie: Finding Fame (2019), David Bowie: Five Years (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Numeroff
Producers
- Phil DollingShared titles: David Bowie: Finding Fame (2019), David Bowie: The Last Five Years (2017), David Bowie: Five Years (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Phil Dolling
- Miriam WalshShared titles: David Bowie: The Last Five Years (2017), David Bowie: Five Years (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Miriam Walsh