Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was the guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the rock band the Velvet Underground, with a solo career that spanned five decades.

Filmography

• 2026Who Loves The Sun — Music
• 2023Rodolphe Burger rend hommage à Rachid Taha — Author
• 2023Silver Plate — Music
• 2022Andy Warhol's America
• Andy Warhol's America
• 2021Oh Boy! What's Wrong With You?! — Story
• 2018Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
• 2017Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock — Self - Musician (archive footage), Thanks
• 2016Andy Warhol, Fluorescent — (archive footage)
• 2015Heart of a Dog — Doctor
• 2015Occupy Wall Street: We Are The 99% — Narrator
• 2011Lou Reed Live Performances 1972 & 1974
• 2010Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds — Maltazard (voice)
• 2010Homeland: The Story of the Lark
• 2010Red Shirley — Producer, Director
• 2009Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard — Maltazard (voice)
• 2009Lou Reed - Lowest Form of Life
• 2008Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory
• 2008Lou Reed: Through the Years: New York 1983 - Spain 2004 — Vocals / Guitar
• 2008New York Rock at the BBC
• 2007Lou Reed's Berlin — Self, Music, Lyricist
• 2007Lou Reed: Live — Vocals / Guitar
• 2007Nanking — Thanks
• 2007Perfect Day — Music
• 2007Zeitkratzer And Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music — Electric Guitar, Music
• 2006Lou Reed: Walk on the Wild Side
• 2006Velvet Underground: Under Review
• 2005Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol
• 2003Prozac Nation — Lou Reed
• 1998Lulu on the Bridge — Not Lou Reed
• 1995An Introduction to Harmolodics
• 1995Blue in the Face — Man with Strange Glasses
• 1995Nico Icon
• 1993Faraway, So Close! — Lou Reed
• 1993Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
• 1993The Velvet Underground - Velvet Redux Live MCMXCIII — guitar, vocals
• Later... with Jools Holland
• 1992Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby Live in Jersey — Performer
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1990Lou Reed and John Cale: Songs for Drella — Self, Original Music Composer
• 1988Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair — Music
• 1984Lou Reed: Live in Barcelona
• 1983A Night with Lou Reed — Self - Vocals, Guitar
• 1983Get Crazy — Auden
• 1983Rock & Rule — Mok (singing voice)
• 1980One Trick Pony — Steve Kunelian
• 1980Rock 'n' Roll Man - Lou Reed in concerto 1980
• 1977Leonard Cohen: Under Review: 1934-1977
• 1972The Velvet Underground at Bataclan '72
• 1966Andy Warhol + Roy Lichtenstein
• 1966Chelsea Girls — Original Music Composer
• 1966Moe Gets Tied Up
• 1966The Velvet Underground: Psychiatrist's Convention, NYC, 1966
• Final Weapon — The Holder

Appearances as themselves (88)

• 2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Moonage Daydream — Self (archive footage)
• 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything — Self (archive footage)
• 2021The Velvet Underground — Self (archive footage)
• 2019WBCN and the American Revolution — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story — Self
• Popular Voices at the BBC — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar — Self (archive footage)
• 2015A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol — self
• 2015Danny Says — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Lou Reed: Transformer & Live at Montreux 2000 — Himself
• 2013Lou Reed - Remembered — Self (Archival footage)
• 2012Anton Corbijn Inside Out — Self
• 2012David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Beautiful Darling — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Bowie, Iggy & Lou 1971-1973: The Sacred Triangle — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche — Self
• 200913 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests — Self
• 2009The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts — Self
• 2008A Not So Silent Night — Self
• 2008Palermo Shooting — Self
• 2007365 Day Project — Self
• Seven Ages of Rock — Self
• 2007The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music — Self
• 2006Patti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998 — Self
• 2006The Harry Smith Project Live — Self
• 2006Velvet Underground's First Public Appearance — Self
• 2005Lou Reed Live at Montreux 2000 — Himself
• 2005Lou Reed: Walk on the Wild Side — Himself
• 2004Lou Reed: Spanish Fly: Live in Spain — Self
• The Blues — Self
• 2001Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture — Self
• 2001Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer — Self
• 2001David Sanborn & Friends | The Super Session — Self
• 2001The Plastic People of the Universe — Self
• 2000Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran — Self (archive footage)
• 1998John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music — Self
• 1998Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart — Self
• Classic Albums — Self
• 1997David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration — Self - Special Guest
• 1997David Bowie: An Earthling at 50 — Self - Live on Stage with Bowie
• Lo + plus — Self
• 1994A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who — Self
• 1994September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill — Self
• 1993Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration — Self
• 1993Curious: The Velvet Underground in Europe — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Musical Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Musical Guest
• 1992Lou Reed - Magic & Loss — Himself
• 1990One World, One Voice — Self
• 1990Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections — Self
• 1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol — Self (archive footage)
• 1989Decade — Self
• 1989The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball — Self
• 1989Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties — Self (archive footage)
• 1988Permanent Record — Himself
• 1988Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel — Self
• 1987The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball — Self
• 1986Bye Bye Kipling — Self
• 1985The Making of Sun City — Self
• 1984Lou Reed Live at Capitol Theatre — Self
• 1983The Making of Rock & Rule — Self
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self - Musical Guest
• 1977How the Ladies Pay (Lou Reed) — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest, Self (uncredited)
• 1974Lou Reed - Ancienne Belgique 22-05-1974 — Himself
• 1973Jimi Hendrix — Self
• 1970Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks — Self
• 1970The Velvet Underground: Loaded — Self
• 1968Diaries, Notes, and Sketches — Self
• 1967Exploding Plastic Inevitable — Himself
• 1967The Velvet Underground in Boston — Himself
• 1966Salvador Dalí — Self
• 1966Screen Test [ST263]: Lou Reed — Himself
• 1966Screen Test [ST264]: Lou Reed — Himself
• 1966Screen Test [ST265]: Lou Reed (Eye) — Himself
• 1966Screen Test [ST268]: Lou Reed (Apple) — Himself
• 1966Screen Test [ST270]: Lou Reed (Hershey) — Himself
• 1966Screen Test [ST271]: Lou Reed (Hershey) — Himself
• 1966Screen Test: Lou Reed (Coke) — Himself
• 1966The Velvet Underground Rehearses — Self
• 1966The Velvet Underground Tarot Cards — Himself
• 1966The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound — Self
• 1966Venus in Furs — Himself
• 1965Andy Warhol Screen Tests — Self
• 1965The Making of an Underground Film — Self
• 1964Whips — Self