George Clinton

Acting · Born 1941-07-22 · Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA

Biography

George Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and launched a solo career in 1981. He has been cited as one of the foremost innovators of funk music, along with James Brown and Sly Stone. Clinton was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Clinton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

• The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel (2026)
• Once Upon a Time the Documentary (2026)
• SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (2025)
• We Want the Funk! (2025)
• Get Lit (2024)
• Good Burger 2 (2023)
• They All Came Out to Montreux (2023)
• Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James (2021)
• The Dancing Man of L.A. (2021)
• This Is Love (2018)
• Prince: the Last Year of a Legend (2018)
• G-Funk (2017)
• Tear the Roof Off: The Untold Story of Parliament Funkadelic (2016)
• Sympathy for the Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment (2015)
• Finding the Funk (2014)
• The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove (2014)
• George Clinton and the P Funk All Stars - Live in France 2005 (2012)
• Horrorween (2012)
• N.A.S.A.: The Spirit of Apollo (2012)
• Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone (2011)
• Copyright Criminals (2009)
• Coming Back for More (2009)
• Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges (2008)
• George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein (2006)