We were privileged to assist in the making of this documentary. Premiered at the Barbican Centre’s Screen One in London late 2024, then in New York in 2025, and most recently in Southwark Cathedral, the film reveals Gollon’s pioneering use of music to create new imagery; from lyrics by Bob Dylan, Neil Young or Talk Talk, to direct collaborations with musicians such as Yi Yao, Eleanor McEvoy and Thurston Moore, who states Gollon’s “creative and modest genius is eternal”.  A sensitive and innovative painter of women, Gollon also expressed a powerful common humanity via his androgynous figures, and there has been a surge of interest in his work since his untimely death in 2017. Via found footage and BBC clips, the film shows Gollon disarmingly revealing his creative process and innovative techniques. Moving montages of Gollon’s images, combined with music by artists including The Skids, Gavin Bryars, Sleaford Mods, Yi Yao and Eleanor McEvoy, provide insights into how Gollon fused the two art forms, and how each energised and changed the other.  Watch trailer: ‘CHRIS GOLLON: Life in Paint’