Personal Info
Birth date
1964-08-05 (60 Years)
Day of death
2012-05-04
Gender
Male
Known for
Sound
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also known as
MCA
Nathanial Hornblower
Beastie Boys
Adam Yauch
Biography
Adam Nathaniel Yauch (August 5, 1964 – May 4, 2012), was a founding member of hip hop trio the Beastie Boys. He was frequently known by his stage name, MCA, and other pseudonyms such as Nathanial Hörnblowér. Description above from the Wikipedia article MCA (musician), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
MTV Video Music Awards
7.6
Overview:
An annual award ceremony presented by MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.Saturday Night Live
7
Overview:
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.Yo! MTV Raps
7.5
Overview:
Popular rap music videos showcased along with live performances and interviews with notable rap artists.The Super Mario Bros. Movie
7.619
Overview:
While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers—and brothers—Mario and Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi.Beastie Boys Story
7.544
Overview:
Here's a little story they're about to tell... Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of their band and 40 years of friendship in a live documentary experience directed by friend, collaborator, and their former grandfather, Spike Jonze.Hi Octane
7.5
Overview:
Short-lived 4-episode Comedy Central TV show created by and starring Sofia Coppola, co-starring Zoe Cassavetes, and featuring Thurston Moore, as well as many celebrity guestsKrush Groove
6.2
Overview:
Russell Walker is a young, successful manager of rap performers, handling acts for the Krush Groove label, including Run-DMC and The Fat Boys. When Run-D.M.C. has a hit record and Russell needs more money to press more copies, he borrows it from a street hustler and soon regrets his decision.Fight for Your Right Revisited
6.594
Overview:
Fight for Your Right Revisited stars Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, and Elijah Wood as the "young" Beastie Boys from the past and Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and Will Ferrell as the "old" Beastie Boys from the future. The story begins where the video for "Fight for Your Right (1987)" ended. It features music from the band's album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.Gunnin' for That #1 Spot
6.2
Overview:
The film follows 8 of the top high school basketball players in the US at the time of filming, in 2006. The plot centers around the first annual Boost Mobile Elite 24 Hoops Classic game at the legendary Rucker Park in Harlem.Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
5
Overview:
A provocative look into the seven-year history of the series that gave hip hop a voice and broke color barriers, integrating MTV with rap. "Yo! MTV Raps" premiered on August 6, 1988 with hosts Fab 5 Freddy, Ed Lover and Doctor Dré, and shaped the careers of many of today’s hip hop superstars, while simultaneously making groundbreaking strides in introducing hip hop to the mainstream.Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
7
Overview:
The Beastie Boys are among the most influential groups of the last two decades. As their music has opened hip-hop to a wider audience and changed the parameters of its sound, their ambitious music videos have carried the medium to new levels of artistic expression. This groundbreaking two-disc anthology showcases eighteen videos containing alternate visual angles and multiple audio tracks. Loaded with never-before-seen footage and unreleased music tracks, this special edition also contains a trove of rare still photos and exclusive audio commentary by the band and the video directors.Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
7.151
Overview:
Having forged a 20-year run as one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the Queens NY collective known as 'A Tribe Called Quest' have kept a generation hungry for more of their groundbreaking music since their much publicized breakup in 1998. Michael Rapaport documents the inner workings and behind the scenes drama that follows the band to this day. He explores what's next for, what many claim, are the pioneers of alternative rap.Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
4.6
Overview:
Solid Gold Hits is a greatest hits collection by Beastie Boys, released in November 2005. In contrast to 1999's The Sounds of Science anthology, Solid Gold Hits consists only of tracks that were released as singles. Where The Sounds of Science is a double CD compilation, Solid Gold Hits contains one CD with all their singles that broke gold, plus a DVD with the respective videos of the songs. Although the standard US release of the CD/DVD has 15 songs, the Japanese release has the song and video for "Right Right Now Now" as the last song.Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
NYR
Overview:
Yeah boy! With a career spanning over 20 years, Public Enemy have established themselves as one of the most influential acts in the history of rap music. Through rare footage of the group and interviews with Chuck D and Flavor Flav, as well as insights from Korn's Jonathan Davis, Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, Henry Rollins, and others, Public Enemy's legacy is explored.Beastie Boys: Sabotage
7.707
Overview:
Includes the songs: Djembe, Gratitude (Live), Sabotage, The Hurricane Freestyle, Triphamnmer, Skills To Pay The Bills (Live), Time For Living, Sabrosa, Something's Got to Give, Screaming At a Wall (Live), Namaste' (Live), Futterman's Rule, 5-Piece Chicken Dinner, Jimmy James, Conga + Bass, Mullethead, Ricky's Theme, and So What 'Cha Want (Live with Cypress Hill).Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film
4
Overview:
Famous comic book artist Stephen R. Bissette, creator of DC Comic Book character "The Swamp Thing" and co-creator of the comic character "Constantine" teaches film appreciation and the art of comic book illustration in rural Vermont. Bissette is a life-long fan of DANGER: DIABOLIK and in "From Fumetti to Film," Bissette gives us a guided tour of how, in his own words, DANGER: DIABOLIK was "...the best adaptation of comic book to feature film bar none." His concepts of how the apparent 2-dimensional world of comic book illustrations were faithfully, but imaginatively re-interpreted by director Mario Bava are enhanced with side by side comparisons of the original comic book images laid next to film clips. Other films and television adaptations of comic books in that era were less successful, according to Bissette.Beastie Boys 'Horseplay'
5
Overview:
After 5 years of calm, these foul-mouthed rappers returned with the release of their 6th album To The 5 Boroughs, the most eagerly anticipated new record of the year so far. This documentary includes exclusive and previously unseen film footage and in-depth interviews with the band and those that have worked closely with the Beastie Boys during their career, including close friends, colleagues, journalists, producers and musicians.Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
7.19
Overview:
Concert film combining the footage from 50 camcorders given to audience members of a sold-out Beastie Boys show at Madison Square Garden on October 9, 2004. The audience members were instructed to keep the cameras rolling at all times.Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
NYR
Overview:
An all-star cast lead by Richard Dreyfus perform sketches celebrating the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, including new animation done by Disney.The Work of Director Spike Jonze
8.04
Overview:
When you experience The Work of Director Spike Jonze, you enter a world where anything can happen and frequently does. From the innovative director of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation., this superior compilation of music videos, documentaries, interviews, and early rarities offers abundant proof that Jonze is the real deal--a filmmaker ablaze with fresh ideas and fresh ways of filming them. Featuring The Beastie Boys, Bjork, Weezer, The Pharcyde, Fatboy Slim and many others.Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999
10
Overview:
Seminal Beastie Boys concert recorded at the Glasgow SECC in 1999 for MTV. Tracklist: Mix Master Mike Intro | Super Disco Breakin | Flute Loop | Root Down | Shake Your Rump | Time For Livin' | Sure Shot | Mix Master Mike Tricks | Three Mc's and One DJ | Something's Gotta Give | Heart Attack Man | Remote Control | Body Movin (half of) | Time to Get Ill | So What'cha Want | Intergalactic | SabotageTougher Than Leather
5.3
Overview:
Legendary hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. must find and punish the evil drug lord-record company executive who murdered their friend. Along the way, they encounter racist bikers, blonde bimbos, and the Beastie Boys!LCD Soundsystem: The Long Goodbye
NYR
Overview:
New York dance-punk band LCD Soundsystem plays its final show at Madison Square Garden on April 2, 2011.Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$
5.2
Overview:
Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun / So What'Cha Want / Netty's Girl / Shake Your Rump / Egg Raid On Mojo / Shadrach (Mosh Version) / Holy Snappers / Hey Ladies / Slow And Low (Live) / Pass The Mic / Ask For Janice, Pt.II / Shadrach (Abstract Impressionist Version)Bad Brains: A Band in DC
6.2
Overview:
Bad Brains are one of the most important and influential American bands still working today. They melded punk and reggae into an innovative style that has yet to be copied. Their impact and influence can be heard in groups like Beastie Boys, No Doubt, Nirvana, Jane's Addiction and countless more. Despite the troubles of an eccentric front man they have stayed together for 30 years without ever reaching the level of success so many think they deserve. Using rare archival footage and original comic illustrations the film re-constructs Bad Brains' rich and complicated history.Rappin' With The Rickster
2
Overview:
Join photographer turned public access guru Ricky Powell in this collection of clips from his influential NY TV show, Rappin' With The Rickster.Acting
2020Beastie Boys Story as Self (archive footage)
2019Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication' as Self (archive footage)
2018Adam & Me as Himself (archival footage)
2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self
2012Bad Brains: A Band in DC as Self
2011Beastie Boys: Move on Up as Self
2011Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest as Self
2011Fight for Your Right Revisited as Cop 1
2010Rappin' With The Rickster as Self
2008Gunnin' for That #1 Spot as Unknown
2007Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome as Self
2006A Day in the Life of Nathaniel Hornblower as Self
2006Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! as Self
2005Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits as Self
2005Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film as Self
2004Beastie Boys 'Horseplay' as Self
2004Beastie Boys $2 Bill as Self (as MCA)
2004Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam as Self
2003The Work of Director Spike Jonze as Self
2000Beastie Boys: Video Anthology as Self
1999Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999 as Self
1998Free Tibet as MCA - Beastie Boys
1998Beastie|ography as Self
1998Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga as Unknown
1994Beastie Boys: Sabotage as Sir Stewart Wallace / Cochese (as Nathan Wind)
1994Hi Octane (1 Episode) as Self
1994Ciao L.A. as Nathan Wind
1992Beastie Boys - Live in Japan as Self
1992Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$ as Self
1988Tougher Than Leather as Himself
1988Yo! MTV Raps (2 Episodes) as Self
1987Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville as Self - as Beastie Boys
1985Krush Groove as Self (Beastie Boys)
1984MTV Video Music Awards (2 Episodes) as Self
1975Saturday Night Live (2 Episodes) as Self - Musical Guest
Sound
2025I Hate Immigrants: A Film About The New Right ... Music
2023The Super Mario Bros. Movie ... Songs
2005Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits ... Music
2000Beastie Boys: Video Anthology ... Music
Directing
2011Fight for Your Right Revisited ... Director
2008Gunnin' for That #1 Spot ... Director
2006A Day in the Life of Nathaniel Hornblower ... Director
2006Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! ... Director
2005Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits ... Director
2000Beastie Boys: Video Anthology ... Director
1998Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga ... Director
1992Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$ ... Director
Production
2011Fight for Your Right Revisited ... Producer
2011LCD Soundsystem: The Long Goodbye ... Executive Producer
2006Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! ... Producer