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About The Film
About
About The Film
From the explosive heights of Frampton Comes Alive! to the quiet introspection of his final tour, "Frampton" is an intimate portrait of a rock icon who soared, stumbled, and rose again. This feature documentary traces Peter Frampton’s extraordinary life and career — from his meteoric rise in the 1970s that made him a global sensation, through the turbulent years that tested his artistry, identity, and resilience.
As the roar of stadium crowds faded, Frampton faced the daunting task of rebuilding — reinventing his sound and rediscovering his purpose across solo projects, collaborations, and relentless touring. Behind the stage lights, personal sacrifices and fractured family ties reveal the cost of fame that few ever see.
Now, diagnosed with Inclusion Body Myositis, a degenerative muscle condition threatening his ability to play guitar, Frampton stands at a profound crossroads. "Frampton" captures the soulful poignancy of an artist confronting both the passage of time and his own physical limits, determined to make every performance count.
Through rare archival footage, candid interviews, and electrifying concert moments, this documentary explores the spirit of a musician who defined an era, lost everything, and fought his way back — only to discover that his greatest encore might not be on stage, but in the time he’s reclaiming with the people he loves most. "Frampton" is a stirring celebration of artistry, endurance, and the enduring power of music to outlast even the hands that play it.
From the explosive heights of Frampton Comes Alive! to the quiet introspection of his final tour, "Frampton" is an intimate portrait of a rock icon who soared, stumbled, and rose again. This feature documentary traces Peter Frampton’s extraordinary life and career — from his meteoric rise in the 1970s that made him a global sensation, through the turbulent years that tested his artistry, identity, and resilience.
As the roar of stadium crowds faded, Frampton faced the daunting task of rebuilding — reinventing his sound and rediscovering his purpose across solo projects, collaborations, and relentless touring. Behind the stage lights, personal sacrifices and fractured family ties reveal the cost of fame that few ever see.
Now, diagnosed with Inclusion Body Myositis, a degenerative muscle condition threatening his ability to play guitar, Frampton stands at a profound crossroads. "Frampton" captures the soulful poignancy of an artist confronting both the passage of time and his own physical limits, determined to make every performance count.
Through rare archival footage, candid interviews, and electrifying concert moments, this documentary explores the spirit of a musician who defined an era, lost everything, and fought his way back — only to discover that his greatest encore might not be on stage, but in the time he’s reclaiming with the people he loves most. "Frampton" is a stirring celebration of artistry, endurance, and the enduring power of music to outlast even the hands that play it.
From the explosive heights of Frampton Comes Alive! to the quiet introspection of his final tour, "Frampton" is an intimate portrait of a rock icon who soared, stumbled, and rose again. This feature documentary traces Peter Frampton’s extraordinary life and career — from his meteoric rise in the 1970s that made him a global sensation, through the turbulent years that tested his artistry, identity, and resilience.
As the roar of stadium crowds faded, Frampton faced the daunting task of rebuilding — reinventing his sound and rediscovering his purpose across solo projects, collaborations, and relentless touring. Behind the stage lights, personal sacrifices and fractured family ties reveal the cost of fame that few ever see.
Now, diagnosed with Inclusion Body Myositis, a degenerative muscle condition threatening his ability to play guitar, Frampton stands at a profound crossroads. "Frampton" captures the soulful poignancy of an artist confronting both the passage of time and his own physical limits, determined to make every performance count.
Through rare archival footage, candid interviews, and electrifying concert moments, this documentary explores the spirit of a musician who defined an era, lost everything, and fought his way back — only to discover that his greatest encore might not be on stage, but in the time he’s reclaiming with the people he loves most. "Frampton" is a stirring celebration of artistry, endurance, and the enduring power of music to outlast even the hands that play it.
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The Filmmakers
Meet the team who brought the Frampton documentary to life. Learn about their backgrounds, their connection to the story, and the vision that guided the film from start to finish.
Rob Arthur
Director
As the band leader, keyboardist and vocalist for Peter Frampton for the past 20 years, Rob has toured the world many times over and played with world class musicians. He’s currently directing Peter Frampton’s documentary.
As a musician, Rob is currently touring with Frampton and Kenny Loggins. He has played with Chicago, Don Felder, Leann Rimes, Joan Osborne, Curt Smith and Five For Fighting. He’s also played with Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, Sting, Sheryl Crow, Michael McDonald, Richard Marx and Roger Daltrey. Rob has produced many artists and recorded his own music for Hwy7 Records, his own label, in Nashville.
As a filmmaker, Rob directed, filmed and edited a number of music videos for the Doobie Brothers (his “Black Water” video recently had millions of views), for Orleans, John Hall and all of Frampton’s recent music videos. He played organ and directed the video “Feelin’ Alright” by Dave Mason and The Quarrantines.
Rob is an accomplished watercolorist, focusing on portraiture and landscapes, especially Venice, Italy.
The Peter Frampton Band recently released two albums,”All Blues” - which spent 17 weeks at #1 on the blues charts, and “Frampton Forgets The Words” which featured instrumental versions of classic songs. Rob played all the keys and composed all the string arrangements.
For years, Rob was music director of the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Spring Gala concert series, backing hundreds of artists, from Mavis Staples, Eddie Money and Kim Carnes to Russel Thompkins jr of the Stylistics.
A native of Minneapolis, he relocated to New York City in 1993 to pursue session playing and music production. He soon was working with Paul Shaffer and other notable New York musicians, and got picked up by Five For Fighting to support the hit single “100 Years”. That’s when he got the call from Frampton to replace the late Bob Mayo on keys and guitar.
Last year he played keyboards on the Dolly Parton record, “Rockstar”.
Daniel Catullo III
Producer
Daniel E Catullo III is one of the most influential and successful music video, documentary and live event Directors in entertainment, his over 30+ year career anchors 10 Lives Studios, LLC, an Emmy-Award-winning film, TV and digital production company. Daniel has extensive experience with live events, comedy, commercials, scripted series, documentary films, travel and corporate projects.
In his career Daniel has produced and directed more than 200 music videos, 250 live TV/ Concert specials, 50 TV commercials as well as over 100 web series & documentaries for such clients as Universal, Live Nation, Warner Brothers, Hyundai, Viacom, Netflix, Verizon, Mountain Dew, Sony, HBO, Showtime, AXS, Trafalgar, Geico, Pizza Hut, Kia, Interscope, RCA Records, AEG and many others.
His expansive credits include producing and/or directing over 250 television specials, live concert DVDs and documentaries, including: “Katy Perry- Live from Paris”, “Foo Fighters Live at The Acropolis”, “Alicia Keys Live from NYC”, “Kiss 2020 Goodbye”, “Kings of Leon - Live from Memphis”, “Sebastian Maniscalco Live from MSG”, “Andrea Bocelli Live from Florence”, "Mariah Carey- Live From Central Park", “Alter Bridge – Live From Wembley”, “The Black Eyed Peas at the 2008 Democratic National Convention”, “Rage Against The Machine - Live From London 2010”, “Creed Live”, “Rush In Rio”, “Dave Matthews Band Live in Central Park”, “The Smashing Pumpkins- If All Goes Wrong”, “Duran Duran Live From London” and "Usher- 8701 Evolution Tour.”
Daniel is the Creator/ Showrunner/ Director of the critically acclaimed and award-winning Television series “Landmarks Live” which aired on PBS from 2017-2020.
Daniel is an accomplished Documentary Director and Producer and multiple Emmy Award winner. He won three Emmy Awards for his work to combat hazing. One in 2020 for his Documentary short “Breathe, Nolan, Breathe”, one in 2023 for his Documentary short “45 Mill Street” and one for his 2024 Documentary short “Death of a Pledge". He was also an Executive Producer on the 2014 Academy Award nominated film "The Square", which won the Audience Awards at the 2013 Sundance and Toronto International Film Festivals. The film also won 3 Emmy Awards in 2014. Other notable documentary projects in which he was a Producer or Executive Producer on include the Documentary "Alive Inside" which won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award in 2014, “The Mind of Mark DeFriest”, “Dog Warriors”, “Trip of a Lifetime” and “Unbreakable- The Mark Pollack Story”.
Mark Staunton
Editor
Mark Staunton is an award-winning filmmaker with decades of experience Directing, Producing and Editing drama and documentary projects. Along with Frampton (10 Lives Entertainment) his editing credits include the Peabody, Emmy and CSA winning series Hip Hop Evolution, and the Grammy nominated feature ZZ Top – That Little Ol’ Band from Texas (Banger Films).
Featuring
Peter Frampton
Herb Alpert
Alice Cooper
Sheryl Crow
Cameron Crowe
Clive Frampton
Jade Frampton
Julian Frampton
Mia Frampton
Kate Hudson
Chris Lord-Alge
Mary Lindes Lovett
Tom Morello
Tommy Shaw
Ringo Starr
Nancy Wilson
Bill Wyman
Andrew Bown
Dr. Lisa Christopher-Stine
Roger Daltrey
Rodney Eckerman
Karen Glauber
Bob Harris
Lisa Jenkins
Glyn Johns
Ken Levitan
Donnie Lewis
Chris Kimsey
Matt Pinfield
Jerry Shirley
George Underwood
Directed By
Rob Arthur
Produced By
Daniel e. catullo iII
Written By
Rob Arthur
Ralph Chapman
Edited By
Mark Staunton
Executive Producers
David Kernan
Ken Levitan
Lisa Jenkins
Randy Lennox
Michael Lee
Ken Weissman
Christopher Bisaillon
Kenny King
Brian Levay
Alan Roth
Christian Sosa
Jon Wroblewski
Co-Executive Producers
Ashish C Bhatia
Molly Conners
Nate Hilding
Josh Joseph
Sydni Joseph
Tara Joseph
Sammy Perricone
Kevin Smart
Post Producer
Leslie Atkins
Co-Producers
Rob Arthur
Corey Russell
Steve Moss
Associate Producers
Amanda Bowers
Mark Robinson
Alex Spatt
Paul Woolard
Supervising Producer
Andrew Ward
UK Producer
Ed Gibbs
Production Manager
Madelyn Catullo
Archival Producer
Jackie Clary
Script Editor
Shelagh Harcourt
Finishing Work
Company 3 Santa Monica
Motion Graphics + VFX
Wyatt Scott Kassin
Trailer / Sizzle Editor
Will Wedig
Post Audio Mixer
Sue Pelino
Color Correction
Dave Hussey
Original Music By
Rob Arthur
Re-Record Mix
Sue Pelino
SLP Audio
Additional Editing
Madeline Gavin
Damian Rodriguez
Assistant Editors
Michael Wooldridge
Deidrea Hamid
Brian Miele
Frank Kulow
Behind The Scenes
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