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Peter Greenaway

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Peter Greenaway trained as a painter and began working as a film editor for the Central Office of Information in 1965. Shortly afterwards he started to make his own films. He has produced a wealth of short and feature-length films, but also paintings, novels and other books. He has held several one-man shows and curated exhibitions at museums world-wide. See full bio »

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2013 Eisenstein in Guanajuato (pre-production)
 
2013 3x3D (segment "Just in Time")
 
2012 Goltzius and the Pelican Company
 
2009 The Marriage (documentary short)
 
2008 Rembrandt's J'Accuse (documentary)
 
2008 Cinema Is Dead, Long Live the Screen (video documentary)
 
2007 Peopling the Palaces at Venaria Reale
 
2007 Nightwatching
 
2005 A Life in Suitcases
 
2005 Writing on Water (short)
 
2004 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
 
2004 Visions of Europe (segment "European Showerbath")
 
2004 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
 
2003 The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp
 
2003 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
 
2001 The Man in the Bath (short)
 
1999 The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama
 
1999 8 ½ Women
 
1997 The Bridge (short)
 
1996 The Pillow Book
 
1995 Lumière and Company (documentary)
 
1995 Stairs 1 Geneva (documentary)
 
1993 The Baby of Mâcon
 
1992 Darwin
 
1992 Rosa (short)
 
1991 M Is for Man, Music, Mozart (TV short)
 
1991 Prospero's Books
 
1991 A Walk Through Prospero's Library (TV documentary short)
 
1990 A TV Dante (TV mini-series)
– Cantos 7 and 8 (1990)
– Cantos 5 and 6 (1990)
– Cantos 3 and 4 (1990)
– Cantos 1 and 2 (1990)
 
1989 Death in the Seine (TV short)
 
1989 The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
 
1989 Hubert Bals Handshake (short)
 
1988 Drowning by Numbers
 
1988 Fear of Drowning (short)
 
1987 The Belly of an Architect
 
1986 A Zed & Two Noughts
 
1985 Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire, 1985 (documentary short)
 
1984 Making a Splash (short)
 
1983 The Coastline (documentary)
 
1983 Four American Composers (TV documentary)
 
1982 The Draughtsman's Contract
 
1981 Zandra Rhodes (short)
 
1981 Terence Conran (documentary short)
 
1980 Lacock Village (documentary short)
 
1980 Country Diary (documentary short)
 
1980 The Falls
 
1980 Act of God (TV documentary short)
 
1979 A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist (short)
 
1979 Women Artists (documentary short)
 
1979 Leeds Castle (documentary short)
 
1978 Eddie Kid (documentary short)
 
1978 Cut Above the Rest (documentary short)
 
1978 1-100 (short)
 
1978 Vertical Features Remake
 
1976 Goole by Numbers (short)
 
1976 Dear Phone (short)
 
1975 Water Wrackets (short)
 
1975 Windows (short)
 
1975 Water (short)
 
1973 H Is for House (short)
 
1971 Erosion (short)
 
1969 Intervals (short)
 
1967 Revolution (short)
 
1967 5 Postcards from Capital Cities (short)
 
1966 Tree (short)
 
1966 Train (short)
 
1962 Death of Sentiment (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (49 titles)
2013 Eisenstein in Guanajuato (written by) (pre-production)
 
2013 3x3D (segment "Just in Time")
 
2012 Goltzius and the Pelican Company
 
2009 The Marriage (documentary short) (writer)
 
2008 Rembrandt's J'Accuse (documentary) (scenario)
 
2007 Peopling the Palaces at Venaria Reale
 
2007 Nightwatching (written by)
 
2005 A Life in Suitcases
 
2005 Writing on Water (short) (concept / libretto)
 
2004 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish (writer)
 
2004 Visions of Europe (segment "European Showerbath")
 
2004 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
 
2003 The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp (writer)
 
2003 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (writer)
 
1999 The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama (libretto)
 
1999 8 ½ Women (writer)
 
1997 Peter Greenaway in Indianapolis (video documentary)
 
1996 The Pillow Book (written by)
 
1993 The Baby of Mâcon (writer)
 
1992 Darwin
 
1991 M Is for Man, Music, Mozart (TV short)
 
1991 Prospero's Books
 
1989 Death in the Seine (TV short)
 
1989 The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (writer)
 
1989 Hubert Bals Handshake (short) (writer)
 
1988 Drowning by Numbers (written by)
 
1988 Fear of Drowning (short) (writer)
 
1987 The Belly of an Architect
 
1986 A Zed & Two Noughts (written by)
 
1983 Four American Composers (TV documentary)
 
1982 The Draughtsman's Contract (writer)
 
1981 Zandra Rhodes (short) (uncredited)
 
1980 The Falls
 
1979 A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist (short) (writer)
 
1978 1-100 (short) (writer)
 
1978 Vertical Features Remake (writer)
 
1976 Dear Phone (short)
 
1976 Goole by Numbers (short)
 
1975 Water (short)
 
1975 Water Wrackets (short)
 
1975 Windows (short)
 
1973 H Is for House (short) (writer)
 
1971 Erosion (short)
 
1969 Intervals (short) (writer)
 
1967 5 Postcards from Capital Cities (short)
 
1967 Revolution (short)
 
1966 Train (short)
 
1966 Tree (short)
 
1962 Death of Sentiment (short)
 
Show ShowEditor (10 titles)
1996 The Pillow Book
 
1981 The Pledge (short)
 
1980 The Falls
 
1979 A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist (short)
 
1978 Vertical Features Remake (uncredited)
 
1976 Dear Phone (short)
 
1975 Water Wrackets (short)
 
1975 Windows (short)
 
1973 H Is for House (short)
 
1968 Love Love Love (short)
 
Show ShowActor (9 titles)
1999 The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama
Narrator
 
1999 8 ½ Women (uncredited)
 
1996 La cosmologia di Piazza del Popolo
Narrator
 
1989 Hubert Bals Handshake (short)
Narrator
 
1988 Fear of Drowning (short)
Narrator
 
1980 The Falls
Interviewer
 
1976 Dear Phone (short)
Narrator
 
1975 Windows (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1973 H Is for House (short)
Voice
 
Show ShowCinematographer (5 titles)
1978 Vertical Features Remake (uncredited)
 
1976 Dear Phone (short)
 
1975 Water Wrackets (short)
 
1975 Windows (short)
 
1973 H Is for House (short)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
2002 Island Life (TV series) (scientific advisor - 2 episodes)
– Barrow Island (2002) (scientific advisor)
– Christmas Island (2002) (scientific advisor)
 
1999 The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama (stage director)
 
1982 The Draughtsman's Contract (hand double: Anthony Higgins - uncredited)
 
Show ShowArt Department (2 titles)
1991 Prospero's Books (sculptor: Prospero's books - uncredited)
 
1982 The Draughtsman's Contract (drawings: Mr. Neville - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (18 titles)
2010 Sala 33 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.31 (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Na plovárne (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2008 Rembrandt's J'Accuse (documentary)
Himself/Public Prosecutor (uncredited)
 
2008 Chaos and Order (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Continuarà... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 31 May 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Ce soir (ou jamais!) (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Eigo de shabera-night (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 January 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Cinema Is Dead, Long Live the Screen (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 X-Rated (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– The Films That Shocked Britain (2004) … Himself
 
2003 Cinema16: British Short Films (video)
Himself - Commentary, Dear Phone (voice)
 
2001 Artèria 33 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 October 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
1999 Le cinéma britannique aujourd'hui, la tradition des francs-tireurs (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Redes (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 October 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Peter Greenaway in Indianapolis (video documentary)
Peter Greenaway
 
1988-1996 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 June 1996 (1996) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 June 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1995 Stairs 1 Geneva (documentary)
Narrator
 
1994 Le divan (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 January 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
1989 The Media Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.1 (1989) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 

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Other Works:

Flying Out of this World - art book/Greenaway as curator See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 8 Print Biographies  | 10 Interviews  | 4 Articles  | See more »

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Personal Quote:

But thinking of cinema being a dinosaur, you know what they say about dinosaurs: the brain dies but it takes maybe several weeks before that message gets to the tail. So if we're lucky, maybe, the notion of conventional celluloid cinema has perhaps one or two generations to run. But then I'm sure, quite happily... See more »

Trivia:

His movies contain very long tracking shots usually in one long take. See more »

Trademark:

The number 92 is prominent in his films: 92 "Falls" in The Falls. 92 languages in The Falls. 92 suitcases belonging to Tulse Luper, a character in The Falls. Cissy Colpits: Not only are all three females leads in Drowning By Numbers named Cissy Colpits, one of the Falls has the name as well. See more »

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