Editing Orson Welles (section)

== Cultural references ==
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* Director [[Peter Jackson]] cast Montreal actor Jean Guérin as Welles in his 1994 film, ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brownstein |first=Bill |date=April 19, 1993 |title=Film buff to star as his hero; Montreal lookalike gets Orson Welles role in N.Z. |newspaper=Montreal Gazette }}</ref>
* [[Vincent D'Onofrio]] portrayed Welles in a cameo in [[Tim Burton]]'s 1994 film, ''[[Ed Wood (film)|Ed Wood]]'', where he encourages [[Edward D. Wood|the eponymous filmmaker]] to fight for making his movies his own way in spite of his producers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ed-wood-1994 |title=Ed Wood |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=October 7, 1994 |website=RogerEbert.com |access-date=August 27, 2015 |archive-date=May 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510052709/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ed-wood-1994 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Voice actor [[Maurice LaMarche]] is known for his Welles impression, heard in ''Ed Wood'' (in which he dubbed the dialog of Vincent D'Onofrio); the 1994–95 primetime animated series, ''[[The Critic]]''; a 2006 [[Treehouse of Horror XVII|episode]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]''; and a 2011 [[Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences|episode]] of ''[[Futurama]]'' for which LaMarche won an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance|Emmy Award]]. The voice he created for the character Brain from the animated series ''[[Animaniacs]]'' and ''[[Pinky and the Brain]]'' was largely influenced by Welles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/article/ubiquitous-voice-actor-maurice-lamarche-on-ifutura-81523 |title=Ubiquitous voice actor Maurice LaMarche on Futurama, Pinky and The Brain, and more |last=Robinson |first=Tasha |date=June 20, 2012 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=August 27, 2015 |archive-date=June 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630234558/http://www.avclub.com/article/ubiquitous-voice-actor-maurice-lamarche-on-ifutura-81523 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The 1996 film ''[[The Battle Over Citizen Kane]]'', which chronicles the conflict between Welles and Hearst, was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Sauter|first=Michael|date=November 17, 2000|title=The Battle Over Citizen Kane|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|volume=569|via=Academic Search Complete}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996|title=The 68th Academy Awards {{!}} 1996|work=Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=January 15, 2018|archive-date=June 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602003028/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Welles is a recurring character in the [[Anno Dracula series|''Anno Dracula'' series]] by author and critic [[Kim Newman]], appearing in ''[[Dracula Cha Cha Cha (novel)|Dracula Cha Cha Cha]]'' (1998) and ''Johnny Alucard'' (2013).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://johnnyalucard.com/fiction/by-kim-newman/anno-dracula-series/ |title=Anno Dracula series |date=May 25, 2011 |website=The Kim Newman Web Site |access-date=August 27, 2015 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906044641/http://johnnyalucard.com/fiction/by-kim-newman/anno-dracula-series/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Newman |first=Kim |date=2013 |title=Anno Dracula 1976–1991: Johnny Alucard |url=http://johnnyalucard.com/fiction/by-kim-newman/anno-dracula-series/ |location=London |publisher=Titan Books |isbn=978-0-85768-536-0 |access-date=August 27, 2015 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906044641/http://johnnyalucard.com/fiction/by-kim-newman/anno-dracula-series/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In 1999 Welles appeared on a U.S. postage stamp in a scene from ''Citizen Kane''. The [[United States Postal Service]] was petitioned to honor Welles with a stamp in 2015, the 100th anniversary of his birth, but the effort did not succeed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wellesnet.com/charlton-heston-ingrid-bergman-and-elizabeth-taylor-poised-to-be-honored-on-u-s-postage-stamps-but-not-orson-welles/ |title=Charlton Heston, Ingrid Bergman and Elizabeth Taylor poised to be honored on U.S. postage stamps, but not Orson Welles |last=Kelly |first=Ray |date=February 25, 2014 |publisher=Wellesnet |access-date=August 27, 2015 |archive-date=September 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926023713/http://www.wellesnet.com/charlton-heston-ingrid-bergman-and-elizabeth-taylor-poised-to-be-honored-on-u-s-postage-stamps-but-not-orson-welles/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The 1999 [[HBO]] docudrama, ''[[RKO 281]]'', tells the story of the making of ''Citizen Kane'', starring [[Liev Schreiber]] as Welles.
* Tim Robbins's 1999 film ''[[Cradle Will Rock]]'' chronicles the process and events surrounding Welles and John Houseman's production of the 1937 musical by Marc Blitzstein. Welles is played by actor [[Angus MacFadyen]].
* [[Austin Pendleton]]'s 2000 play, ''[[Orson's Shadow]]'', concerns the 1960 London production of [[Eugène Ionesco]]'s play ''[[Rhinoceros (play)|Rhinoceros]]'' directed by Welles and starring [[Laurence Olivier]]. First presented by the [[Steppenwolf Theatre Company]] in 2000, the play opened off-Broadway in 2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/alls-welles-pendletons-orsons-shadow-opens-off-broadway-march-13-124650 |title=All's Welles: Pendleton's Orson's Shadow Opens Off-Broadway March 13 |author-link1=Robert Simonson |last=Simonson |first=Robert |date=March 13, 2005 |website=Playbill |access-date=August 27, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924191241/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/alls-welles-pendletons-orsons-shadow-opens-off-broadway-march-13-124650 |url-status=live }}</ref> and had its European premiere in London in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/archives/orsons-shadow/ |title=Orson's Shadow |publisher=[[Southwark Playhouse]] |access-date=August 27, 2015 |date=July 2015 |archive-date=September 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912140618/http://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/archives/orsons-shadow/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In [[Michael Chabon]]'s 2000 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Pulitzer Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay]]'', the protagonists meet Welles and attend the premiere of ''Citizen Kane''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Yanofsky |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Yanofsky |date=December 9, 2000 |title=Escapist fiction: Old-fashioned storytelling with a Houdini-like hero |newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]]}}</ref>
* In the film ''[[Fade to Black (2006 film)|Fade to Black]]'' (2006), a fictional thriller set during Welles's 1948 journey to Rome to star in the movie ''[[Black Magic (1949 film)|Black Magic]]'', [[Danny Huston]] stars as Welles.<ref>{{cite news |last=Russell |first=Ken |author-link=Ken Russell |date=March 6, 2008 |title=Fade to Black gives us Orson Welles as a hungry hustler |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/north-america-travel/us-travel/california/fade-to-black-gives-us-orson-welles-as-a-hungry-hustler-5r2l7jw7rjd |newspaper=[[The Times]] |access-date=August 27, 2015 |archive-date=May 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508102554/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/film/article2426813.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''[[Me and Orson Welles]]'' (2009), based on [[Robert Kaplow]]'s 2003 novel,<ref>{{cite book |last=Kaplow |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Kaplow |date=2003 |title=Me and Orson Welles |location=San Francisco |publisher=MacAdam Cage Publishing |isbn=978-1-931561-49-5 }}</ref> stars [[Zac Efron]] as a teenager who convinces Welles ([[Christian McKay]]) to cast him in his 1937 production of ''[[Caesar (Mercury Theatre)|Julius Caesar]]''. McKay received accolades for his performance, including a [[BAFTA]] nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/film-awards-nominations-announced|title=Film Awards Nominations Announced|website=bafta.org|access-date=February 2, 2018|date=January 21, 2010|archive-date=February 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203064740/http://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/film-awards-nominations-announced|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Welles is the central character in "Ian, George, and George," a novelette by [[Paul Levinson]] published in 2013 in ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1643549|title=Ian, George, and George|publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|access-date=January 19, 2016|archive-date=April 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406132058/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1643549|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2014 comedic actor [[Jack Black]] portrayed Welles in the comedy show ''[[Drunk History]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wellesnet.com/video-jack-black-and-drunk-history-making-citizen-kane/ |title=Video: Jack Black and 'Drunk History – Making Citizen Kane' |date=August 9, 2014 |publisher=Wellesnet |access-date=August 27, 2015 |archive-date=July 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710045905/http://www.wellesnet.com/video-jack-black-and-drunk-history-making-citizen-kane/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* A 2014 documentary by [[Chuck Workman]], ''[[Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles]]'', was released to critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cohenmedia.net/films/magician |title=Magician: The Astonishing Life & Work of Orson Welles |publisher=Cohen Media Group |access-date=August 27, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071452/http://cohenmedia.net/films/magician |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/magician-astonishing-life-work-orson-733675 |title='Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles': Telluride Review |last=McCarthy |first=Todd |date=September 16, 2014 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=August 27, 2015 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809120633/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/magician-astonishing-life-work-orson-733675 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Rapper [[Logic (rapper)|Logic]] samples Welles on his 2020 album ''No Pressure'', with a portion of the August 11, 1946 "Orson Welles Commentaries" episode featured as the outro to the album, titled "Obediently Yours".
* [[Tom Burke (actor)|Tom Burke]] portrayed Welles in [[David Fincher]]'s 2020 film, ''[[Mank]]'', which focuses on [[Herman J. Mankiewicz]], the co-writer of ''Citizen Kane''.