BYOD: Bring Your Own Doc
Episode 249
Inside the Year’s Most Moving Documentary, AMY, with Asif Kapadia & Nick Shymansky
AMY, the Amy Winehouse documentary that reveals the private and often misunderstood rise and fall of the singer-songwriter, is shared with clips and the trailer by director Asif Kapadia and Winehouse’s former manager Nick Shymansky. Through the use of archival footage and interviews with those who knew her best, we see Amy’s rise to fame, struggles with the predatory paparazzi, her troubled relationships, and the addictions that would lead her into a tragic cycle of self-destruction resulting in her untimely death-all included in this uncensored BYOD interview with Ondi Timoner.
Episode Breakdown
00:01 Welcoming Asif Kapadia and Nick Shymansky to BYOD.
00:46 Senna, archival documentary films and research.
04:33 Amy’s death, creating the film and tabloids.
06:42 Meeting Amy, the music business
08:29 AMY, Clip: Amy on fame.
09:05 Early music development.
10:25 Public persona of Amy, Rehab and fame.
14:14 Paparazzi and fame.
15:37 Blake Fielder-Civil.
17:43 AMY, Clip: Back to Black.
20:43 Tour, Blake and Amy’s OD.
26:09 Control and Amy’s father.
29:16 Capturing the essence of Amy.
31:44 Life after Amy and reactions to the film.
33:13 Special interests group and public breakdowns.
35:08 AMY, Clip: Happy Birthday.
36:05 Amy’s lyrics, structuring the film and Bollywood films.
39:05 Idolizing and uncovering Amy’s story.
41:38 Senna, sensitivity and female artists.
44:44 Thank you and goodbye.
45:22 AMY, Trailer.
Guest Bio
From BAFTA Award-winning director Asif Kapadia (SENNA), AMY tells the incredible story of six-time Grammy-winner Amy Winehouse - in her own words. Featuring extensive unseen archival footage and previously unheard tracks, this strikingly modern, moving and vital film shines a light on our culture and the world we live in today.
Asif Kapadia is a British filmmaker. He directed several award-winning films, including The Sheep Thief (1997), winner of the 2nd Prize Cinéfondation for Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival, The Warrior (2001), which won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film 2003 and Senna (2010), winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, the BAFTA Award for Best Editing and the World Cinema Audience Award Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival 2011 and Amy (2015) which has become the highest grossing documentary of all time in the United Kingdom.
Nick Shymansky met Amy Winehouse when she was 16, and worked as her manager between 1999 and 2006. Together they released her debut album, Frank, in 2003. He now works as senior A&R manager at Island Records.
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