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Peter Greenaway(I)

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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.
BornApril 5, 1942
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BornApril 5, 1942
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    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 29 wins & 31 nominations total

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    Known for

    Helen Mirren in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
    7.5
    • Director
    • 1989
    Nightwatching (2007)
    Nightwatching
    6.4
    • Director
    • 2007
    Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
    Eisenstein in Guanajuato
    6.3
    • Director
    • 2015
    Joely Richardson in Drowning by Numbers (1988)
    Drowning by Numbers
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1988

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    Director



    • Tower Stories
      • Director
      • Post-production
    • Walking to Paris
      • Director
      • Post-production
    • The Head Gardener
      • Director
      • Pre-production



    • Luther and His Legacy (2017)
      Luther and His Legacy
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Hendrik Aerts, Clemens Froehlich, Bruno Da Rocha Pereira, Laura Rosillo, Tess Sturman, and Clotilde Tran-Phat in Shchukin, Matisse, Dance and Music (2016)
      Shchukin, Matisse, Dance and Music
      7.3
      Video
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
      Eisenstein in Guanajuato
      6.3
      • Director
      • 2015
    • 3x3D (2013)
      3x3D
      5.9
      • Director (segment "Just in Time")
      • 2013
    • Goltzius and The Pelican Company (2012)
      Goltzius and The Pelican Company
      6.4
      • Director
      • 2012
    • 92 Atomic Bomb Explosions on the Planet Earth (2010)
      92 Atomic Bomb Explosions on the Planet Earth
      7.0
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010
    • The Marriage (2009)
      The Marriage
      6.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Cinema Is Dead, Long Live the Screen
      7.3
      Video
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! (2008)
      Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Peopling the Palaces at Venaria Reale (2007)
      Peopling the Palaces at Venaria Reale
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Nightwatching (2007)
      Nightwatching
      6.4
      • Director
      • 2007
    • A Life in Suitcases (2005)
      A Life in Suitcases
      6.0
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Writing on Water (2005)
      Writing on Water
      6.1
      Short
      • Director
      • 2005
    • The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish (2004)
      The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Visions of Europe (2004)
      Visions of Europe
      5.8
      • Director (segment "European Showerbath")
      • 2004

    Writer



    • Tower Stories
      • Writer
      • Post-production
    • Eisenstein in Hollywood
      • Writer
      • In Development
    • Walking to Paris
      • Writer
      • Post-production
    • Blondi
      • Writer
      • In Production
    • The Head Gardener
      • writer
      • Pre-production



    • Hendrik Aerts, Clemens Froehlich, Bruno Da Rocha Pereira, Laura Rosillo, Tess Sturman, and Clotilde Tran-Phat in Shchukin, Matisse, Dance and Music (2016)
      Shchukin, Matisse, Dance and Music
      7.3
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
      Eisenstein in Guanajuato
      6.3
      • written by
      • 2015
    • 3x3D (2013)
      3x3D
      5.9
      • Writer (segment "Just in Time")
      • 2013
    • Goltzius and The Pelican Company (2012)
      Goltzius and The Pelican Company
      6.4
      • written by
      • 2012
    • 92 Atomic Bomb Explosions on the Planet Earth (2010)
      92 Atomic Bomb Explosions on the Planet Earth
      7.0
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2010
    • The Marriage (2009)
      The Marriage
      6.5
      Short
      • writer
      • 2009
    • Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! (2008)
      Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
      7.2
      • scenario
      • 2008
    • Peopling the Palaces at Venaria Reale (2007)
      Peopling the Palaces at Venaria Reale
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2007
    • Nightwatching (2007)
      Nightwatching
      6.4
      • written by
      • 2007
    • A Life in Suitcases (2005)
      A Life in Suitcases
      6.0
      • Writer
      • 2005
    • Writing on Water (2005)
      Writing on Water
      6.1
      Short
      • concept
      • libretto
      • 2005
    • The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish (2004)
      The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
      6.7
      • writer
      • 2004
    • Visions of Europe (2004)
      Visions of Europe
      5.8
      • writer (segment "United Kingdom: The European Showerbath")
      • 2004
    • The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea (2004)
      The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
      6.9
      • Writer
      • 2004
    • The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp (2003)
      The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp
      6.1
      • writer
      • 2003

    Editor



    • 92 Atomic Bomb Explosions on the Planet Earth (2010)
      92 Atomic Bomb Explosions on the Planet Earth
      7.0
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2010
    • Vivian Wu in The Pillow Book (1995)
      The Pillow Book
      6.5
      • Editor
      • 1995
    • The Pledge (1981)
      The Pledge
      6.1
      Short
      • picture editor (as Tex Leadcote)
      • 1981
    • The Falls (1980)
      The Falls
      7.1
      • Editor
      • 1980
    • A Walk Through H (1979)
      A Walk Through H
      7.1
      Short
      • Editor
      • 1979
    • Vertical Features Remake (1978)
      Vertical Features Remake
      7.0
      Short
      • Editor (uncredited)
      • 1978
    • Dear Phone (1976)
      Dear Phone
      5.9
      Short
      • Editor
      • 1976
    • Dear Phone (1976)
      Water Wrackets
      6.0
      Short
      • Editor
      • 1975
    • Intervals (1973)
      Windows
      6.7
      Short
      • Editor
      • 1975
    • Intervals (1973)
      H Is for House
      6.6
      Short
      • Editor
      • 1973
    • Love Love Love
      5.6
      Short
      • Editor
      • 1968

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    Rembrandt's J'accuse
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    Rembrandt's J'accuse
    Rembrandt's J'accuse
    Trailer 1:51
    Rembrandt's J'accuse

    Personal details

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    • Official sites
      • Saskia Boddeke & Peter Greenaway Projects
      • The Storytelling Blog
    • Alternative name
      • Tex Leadcote
    • Born
      • April 5, 1942
      • Newport, Gwent, Wales, UK
    • Spouses
        Carol1969 - 1999 (divorced, 2 children)
    • Other works
      Book: "Papers/Papiers". Paris: Editions Dis Voir. ISBN 2906571202
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Biographical Movie
      • 8 Print Biographies
      • 11 Interviews
      • 5 Articles
      • 1 Pictorial

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      When actors on the set of The Baby of Mâcon (1993) pointed out that he was introducing continuity errors, Peter replied that 'Continuity is boring.'
    • Quotes
      Cinema doesn't connect with the body as artists have in two thousand years of painting, using the nude as the central figure which the ideas seem to circulate around. I think it is important to somehow push or stretch or emphasize, in as many ways as I can, the sheer bulk, shape, heaviness, the juices, the actual structure of the body. Cinema basically examines a personality first and the body afterward.
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        Strong, and manipulative female characters

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