Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

Bright Lights
Directed by
Produced by
  • Alexis Bloom
  • Todd Fisher
  • Julie Nives
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by
  • Penelope Falk
  • Sheila Shiraz
Music byWill Bates
Production
companies
Distributed byHBO
Release dates
  • May 14, 2016 (2016-05-14) (Cannes)
  • January 7, 2017 (2017-01-07) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (on-screen title is simply Bright Lights) is a 2016 documentary about the relationship between entertainer Debbie Reynolds (in her final film appearance) and her daughter, actress and writer Carrie Fisher. It premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and on January 7, 2017, on HBO.

A few weeks before the film's premiere broadcast, both Fisher and Reynolds died. On December 23, Fisher went into cardiac arrest and succumbed four days later on December 27, while Reynolds had a severe stroke from which she died on the following day, December 28.