Andrew Sinclair has written a number of books about the poet (Image: Pablo Star Ltd (Ireland))

Andrew Sinclair will show his film, entitled Dylan on Dylan, at Theatr Gwynedd in Bangor following a screening of Under Milk Wood.

The films will then go to the Sundance Film Festival in the US, whose organiser film star Robert Redford has bought the North American distribution rights to both films.

Mr Sinclair has spent years researching the life and work of the poet, and has written several books about him.

He has been a fan of the Under Milk Wood author since he was an undergraduate.

"It was, I think, the finest work to come out of Wales for 500 years," he told BBC Wales.

Andrew Sinclair directed Richard Burton

"Under Milk Wood and twelve poems made Dylan the bard of the last century.

"There is a form of magic in Under Milk Wood which is the same worldwide, and is almost mythological.

"In seaside villages all over the world, it's like the memory of life told to you by your grandmother."

For many people of his generation Dylan had been and remained a "cult figure".

"It's entirely that influence he had over us when we were young," Mr Sinclair explained.

He described the film biography as "Dylan in his own words".

In making the film, he had to find ways of getting around the problem that there is no footage of Dylan.

What's forgotten about Dylan is he was a comic genius. He really was incredibly funny Andrew Sinclair

"He was only filmed twice by the BBC and they lost the material," he said.

"What I have done is taken every photograph, taken every image of him, and used digital photography so insofar as you'll ever see every picture of Dylan, you'll see it in Dylan on Dylan.

"I have also used his own words. I have used his war documentaries, terrific ones, where he takes off Hitler, and it seems to be coming out of a Nuremburg rally.

"What's forgotten about Dylan is he was a comic genius. He really was incredibly funny."

The films are being screened at Theatr Gwynedd on Wednesday evening.

Money from the event will be used towards buying a Steinway piano for Caernarfon Arts Centre, which is due to open next year.