Avedon is a 2026 American documentary film directed by Ron Howard, about the life and work of American photographer Richard Avedon.
The film had its world premiere in the Special Screenings section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival on May 17, where it competed for the L'Œil d'or. It had its North American premiere at the 53rd Telluride Film Festival.
Reception Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 72 out of 100, based on four critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
Christian Zilko of IndieWire gave the film a B+, writing, "As Howard and editor Andrew Morreale flip through [Avedon's] seemingly endless body of work, the cinematic quality of his images are placed on full display. The film strikes an elegant balance between providing context for his innovations and letting the work do the talking, resulting in one of the more entertaining art documentaries that this critic has ever seen."
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