''Mayor of the Sunset Strip'' is a 2003 documentary film on the life of

Rodney Bingenheimer Rodney Bingenheimer (born December 15, 1946) is an American radio disc jockey who is best known as the host of ''Rodney on the ROQ'', a radio program that ran on the Los Angeles rock station KROQ from 1976 to 2017. In the early 1970s, he also m ...

directed by

George Hickenlooper George Loening Hickenlooper III (May 25, 1963 – October 29, 2010) was an American narrative and documentary filmmaker. Early life Hickenlooper was born in St. Louis, the son of Barbara Jo Wenger, a social worker and stage actress, and George L ...

, and produced by Chris Carter.

Background

In 2011, Craig Hlavaty of the ''

Houston Press The ''Houston Press'' is an online newspaper published in Houston, Texas, United States. It is headquartered in the Midtown area. It was also a weekly print newspaper until November 2017. The publication is supported entirely by advertising ...

'' named ''Mayor of the Sunset Strip'' at number eight on the paper's list of "The 31 Best Music Documentaries of All Time". The film won the Best Documentary Feature at the 2004

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* * {{George Hickenlooper 2003 films 2003 documentary films Documentary films about the music industry American documentary films Films directed by George Hickenlooper Films scored by Anthony Marinelli 2000s English-language films 2000s American films