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Kathleen Brennan (I)

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Kathleen is the girl eulogized on husband Tom Waits' album Swordfishtrombones in the song entitled "Johnsburg, Illinois" (1983) which is her birthplace and where she was raised. As a writer herself, she became a huge influence in his music, as well as a collaborator, in many of his 1980s and 1990s projects See more trivia »

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Kathleen Patricia Brennan
Johnsburg, Illinois, USA
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2013 The Walking Dead (TV series)
– I Ain't a Judas (2013) (writer: "Hold On")
 
2012 Bunheads (TV series)
– For Fanny (2012) (writer: "Picture In a Frame" - uncredited)
 
2010/I I'm Still Here (writer: "All The World Is Green")
 
2010 Miral (writer: "Down There By The Train", "Lost In The Harbour")
 
2008 American Carnival (documentary) (writer: "I Don't Wanna Grow Up")
 
2008 Jef (short) (writer: "Alice")
 
2008 Idiots and Angels (writer: "Kommienezuspadt", "Flowers Grave")
 
2008 Beautiful Losers (documentary) (writer: "I Don't Want to Grow Up")
 
2008 Medicine for Melancholy (writer: "Lie To Me")
 
2008 The Last International Playboy (writer: "I don't want to grow up")
 
2007 Mama's Boy (writer: "I Don't Want to Grow Up")
 
2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ("All The World Is Green", "Green Grass" / as K. Brennan)
 
2006 Wristcutters: A Love Story (writer: "Dead and Lovely")
 
2006 The Ground Truth (documentary) (writer: "Day After Tomorrow")
 
2005 The Tiger and the Snow (writer: "You Can Never Hold Back Spring")
 
2005 Domino (writer: "Cold Cold Ground")
 
2005 Embedded (video) (writer: "Day After Tomorrow")
 
2005 The Secret Life of Words (writer: "All the World Is Green")
 
2005 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (documentary) (writer: "God's Away on Business")
 
2005 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) (writer: "God's Away on Business")
 
2004 Ramones Raw (documentary) (writer: "I Don't Want to Grow Up")
 
2004/I Yes (writer: "FAWN")
 
2004 Shrek 2 (writer: "Little Drop of Poison" 1997)
 
2003 The Big Empty (writer: "WALK AWAY")
 
2003 The United States of Leland (writer: "Diamond in Your Mind")
 
2001 The Last Castle (writer: "Get Behind the Mule")
 
2000 Marianne Faithfull: Dreaming My Dreams (video documentary) (writer: "Strange Weather")
 
2000 Pollock (writer: "The World Keeps Turning")
 
2000 Condo Painting (documentary) (writer: "Black Wings")
 
1999 Liberty Heights (writer: "Halloween Strip", "It's Over")
 
1999 Fight Club (writer: "GOIN' OUT WEST")
 
1998 Jerry and Tom (writer: "Dirt In The Ground)
 
1997 The End of Violence (writer: "Little Drop of Poison")
 
1996 The Good Life ("I Don't Wanna Grow Up")
 
1996 Basquiat (writer: "Who Are You This Time")
 
1992 American Heart (writer: "I'll Never Let Go Of Your Hand", "Jack's Flashback Theme" and "Additional Music")
 
1991 Night on Earth (writer: "Back in the Good Old World", "Good Old World")
 
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2005 The Tiger and the Snow (composer: song "You Can Never Hold Back Spring")
 
1989 Up to Date (composer: theme song "Strange Weather")
 
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1988 Big Time (documentary) (writer)
 
1986 Sleepwalk
 
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1999 Bunny (short)
 
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1986 Sleepwalk (producer)
 
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2012 Sun Don't Shine (special thanks)
 
2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (special thanks)
 
2005 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2005 Independent Lens (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) (special thanks)
 
2004 The Dream Studio (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
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(2000) (musical) "Woyceck" - with husband Tom Waits co-wrote the music and lyrics for Robert Wilson's adaptation of the Georg Büchner play. The musical premiered November 14, 2000 at the Betty Nansen Theater in Copenhagen, Denmark. See more »
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Trivia:

Kathleen is the girl eulogized on husband Tom Waits' album Swordfishtrombones in the song entitled "Johnsburg, Illinois" (1983) which is her birthplace and where she was raised. As a writer herself, she became a huge influence in his music, as well as a collaborator, in many of his 1980s and 1990s projects See more »