Year 2011 Theatrical Release 2011 03 16 Video Release 2011 09 13 Studio Zeitgeist Films Genre Documentary MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 84 Animated Live Action Full Synopsis The Bill in question is 80 New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this Schwinn riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirees for the Times Style section in his columns On the Street and Evening Hours. Documenting uptown fixtures Wintour, Tom Wolfe, Brooke Astor, David Rockefeller who all appear in the film out of their love for Bill , downtown eccentrics and everyone in between, Cunningham's enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair. In turn, Bill Cunningham New York is a delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own humanity and unassuming grace. Director Richard Press Cast Richard Press; Bill Cunningham; Tom Wolfe; Anna Wintour; Carmen Dell'Orefice; Annette De la Renta; Mrs. Vincent Astor