Anthony Howard "Tony" Wilson was an English record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC. As the head of Factory Records and one of the owners of the infamous Hacienda nightclub, Wilson was the man behind some of Manchester's most successful bands and was known as Mr Manchester. His day job as a broadcaster saw him present programmes such as regional news show Granada Reports, music showcase So It Goes, World in Action, After Dark, Remote Control, Granada Upfront and the Politics Show to name but a few. His role in the music industry formed the basis of Michael Winterbottom's acclaimed film 24 Hour Party People.

Filmography

• 2008The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead - A Classic Album Under Review
• 2007Control — Co-Producer
• 2006The Smiths: Under Review
• 2005A Cock and Bull Story — Tony Wilson
• 2005Catch: The Hold Not Taken — Narrator (voice)
• The Keith Barret Show
• 200224 Hour Party People — Studio Director
• 1993The Frontline — Himself, Reporter at Siege
• 1986New Order: Pumped Full of Drugs — Himself, Director
• 1986New Order: Pumped Full of Drugs - Live in Tokyo — Director
• 1986The Durutti Column: Domo Arigato — Producer
• 1979No City Fun — Producer
• 1973Music Maker: Rory Gallagher — Interviewer
• World in Action

Appearances as themselves (24)

• 2021Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché — Self (Archive Footage)
• 2018New Order: Decades — Self (archive footage)
• 2015The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Funny Up North — Himself
• 2010Ian Dury: Rare and Unseen — Himself
• 2009Joy Division — Self
• 2009Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn — Self
• 2007Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays — Himself
• 2006Manchester Passion — Himself
• 2006Shadowplayers: Factory Records and Manchester Post-Punk 1978-81 — Self
• 2006The Summer of Rave, 1989 — Self
• Banned in the UK — Self
• 2005The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith — Himself
• 2002That Tony Wilson — Self
• 2000Searching for Roger Taylor — Self
• 2000The Alcohol Years — Himself
• Arthouse — Self - Presenter
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self
• 1993New Order Story — Self
• 1990Madchester: The Sound of the North — Self
• 1986The Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978 — Self
• 1984Factory: Play at Home — Self
• Play At Home — Self
• 1976Occupy! — Self - Granada Reports (archive footage)(uncredited)