‘Every single frame was sweated over’: how Becoming Led Zeppelin became the biggest documentary of the year

Bernard MacMahon’s film about the 70s giants took advantage of audience enthusiasm to make a major impact in cinemas – and it’s just the latest in a string of films about the era of classic rock ...
Variety

How ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Became One of the Modern Era’s Great Rock Docs: Lots of Cooperation, Zero Interference and a Director Who Cared Most About the Music

Director Bernard MacMahon talks about making the movie about a legendary band that trusted the filmmakers to get the band's origin story told right (and told loudly). Way back, my mom was an antique ...
TV Technology

IBC2025 to Host ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Director, Sound Supervisor

AMSTERDAM—The director and sound supervisor for the music documentary ”Becoming Led Zeppelin,” will attend a special screening and Q&A, Saturday Sept. 13 at the 2025 IBC Conference in Amsterdam. The ...
Cinema Blend

Becoming Led Zeppelin Is The Best Rock Documentary In A Long Time, But I Have A Bone To Pick

Finally, Becoming Led Zeppelin is hitting streaming this weekend. If you haven’t seen it, you’ll get your chance with a Netflix subscription, and let me tell you, it’s well worth your time, especially ...
Gold Derby

‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’: How preparation — and a 7-hour exam with Jimmy Page — unlocked the band’s origin story

But Becoming Led Zeppelin isn’t just for diehard fans. “I think about the film 100 years from now,” MacMahon says. “If you do something that gives a complete story to someone who knows nothing, the ...
The Citizen

‘Becoming Led Leppelin’: How rock gods were made, on Netflix

Led Zeppelin changed rock and roll forever with their colossal sound. 'Becoming Led Zeppelin' on Netflix shares much of the story.
Gold Derby

‘Becoming Led Zeppelin,’ ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man,’ and ‘The Tale of Silyan’ directors: ‘We’re truth tellers, not storytellers’

Representing wildly different subjects — rock icons, political rebels, and wounded storks — Bernard MacMahon and Allison McGourty (Becoming Led Zeppelin), Eugene Jarecki (The Six Billion Dollar Man), ...