Ron Howard’s Avedon documentary begins streaming on Netflix

Avedon, Ron Howard’s documentary about photographer Richard Avedon, began streaming on Netflix on November 11 following its premiere at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.

Avedon, Ron Howard’s documentary about photographer Richard Avedon, began streaming on Netflix on November 11 following its premiere at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. Howard uses materials from Avedon’s personal archive, including previously unseen photographs and footage of the photographer at work. New interviews

with people who worked alongside Avedon place those materials in the context of a career that covered both fashion and portraiture. Imagine Documentaries and Fifth Season produced the film in association with the Richard Avedon Foundation. Netflix lists the documentary at one hour and 44 minutes. Official source. Ron

Howard’s companion essay and portrait credit. Image credit: Bruce Weber / Netflix Tudum, archival portrait of Richard Avedon. Official image source.

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