As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM
As I AM: The Life and Times of groundbreaking DJ AM depicts DJ AM's entire life from seed to sorrow, his controversial death in 2009, his work of the mash-up pioneer and his influence on electronic music.
10 November 1978, Tupelo, Mississippi, USA
4 December 1969, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
14 November 1975, Fontana, California, USA
7 October 1969, San Francisco, California, USA
30 August 1963, London, England, UK
4 April 1965, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
4 September 1958, Pasadena, California, USA
10 July 1976, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
May 25, 2016
It would benefit from more focus on the music, but the work stands as an effective (if overly long) portrait of addiction.
July 08, 2016
It's a solid documentary but shies away from the more tabloid-ready aspects of his life.
May 26, 2016
Well-rounded portrait of a talented celebrity DJ, whose potential was taken away by drug addiction.
May 01, 2015
A celebrity DJ's busy, curtailed life is charted in Kevin Kerslake's entertaining documentary.
May 27, 2016
In its distinct offering to a field of musician bio documentaries, Kerslake's film offers a raw body-and-soul tale of fighting addiction.
July 11, 2016
What really makes As I Am a persuasive work is the sincerity with which it endorses its subject as a good and talented human, whom the world is a little worse off for having lost.
July 07, 2016
Knowing the ending doesn't detract from the experience of watching the film.
May 26, 2016
"As I AM" rockets through its subject's life, teeming with testimonials from the superstar producer-D.J.s Mark Ronson and Paul Oakenfold, among many others. And then it ends, leaving you spent. And wistful.
June 02, 2016
AM's fans should get a lot out of the doc, but casual music-lovers may wish Kerslake would just get back to the party.
June 03, 2016
So compelling is Kerslake's handling of the material that by the time it was over, I felt as though I had lost a friend.
