BALTIMORE – David Byrne is bringing his celebrated 2025/2026 world tour to the big screen.
Filmed over multiple nights at the Hippodrome in Byrne’s hometown of Baltimore, the film captures the production that has played to audiences for over 150 shows across four continents.
It was shot on 70mm by Brady Corbet, director of the Academy Award®-winning film “The Brutalist.” The film is in postproduction now, with distribution and release details to be announced.
Few artists are as closely tied to the concert film as David Byrne. “Stop Making Sense,” Byrne’s landmark Talking Heads film directed by Jonathan Demme, is widely regarded as the greatest concert film ever made and introduced itself to a new generation through its 2023 theatrical re-release.
More recently, Byrne’s American Utopia, directed by Spike Lee, won two Emmy Awards and brought Byrne’s stage work to a global audience. A new film built around the current “Who Is The Sky?” tour expands a career that has treated the live performance as cinema in its own right.
“Who is the Sky?” has become one of the most acclaimed live productions of Byrne’s career. Built around an ensemble of 13 musicians, singers, and dancers in constant motion across the stage, the show blends visual art, storytelling, and music cut into a single performance, with set lists that move between the new record and Talking Heads classics like “Psycho Killer,” “This Must Be the Place,” “Life During Wartime” and “Burning Down the House.”
Since launching in September 2025, the tour has traveled across North America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the U.K. and Asia. The tour wraps up September 19th at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY.
To realize the film, Byrne has partnered with Brady Corbet, fresh off “The Brutalist,” the post-war epic that became one of the most decorated independent films of its generation. The film earned a record-tying 10 Academy Award nominations and won three, including Best Actor for Adrien Brody, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score.
Corbet took the Golden Globe and the BAFTA for Best Director, following the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival. A fiercely independent filmmaker whose work includes Vox Lux and The Childhood of a Leader, Corbet brings a singular visual language to the project.
The film is produced by The Deep End Films and Pre-Code, Corbet’s company along with Mona Fastvold, and is presented by River Road Entertainment. Producers are Amit Dey & Jason Fine on behalf of The Deep End Films; Corbet & Maddie Browning on behalf of Pre-Code; and David Byrne.
Executive Producers are Bill Pohlad, Andrew van Wyk, and Michael Overman on behalf of River Road; Meredith & Martin Sumner on behalf of The Deep End; and Sam Fayed & Adam Gibbs for Townhouse Media. Corbet and Pre-Code are represented by Range Media Partners and CAA. Global distribution rights are being handled by Byrne’s motion picture agents at The Gersh Agency together with The Deep End.
“When Brady told me he wanted to shoot our show in 70 millimeter (70 millimeter!) I didn’t realize what a difference it would make until I saw some frames he sent me,” Byrne said. “He was right, it really does capture the wide screen visual scope of the show. I’ve never seen anything like it.”
“I am so grateful to David Byrne and his entire team for entrusting us to capture his hometown show on 8-perf and 15-perf 70mm,” Corbet said. “The band’s performance is an inclusive celebration of community, and of Baltimore in particular—one of America’s most under-appreciated historic cities.”