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Peter Greenaway

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  • Writer
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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
    • 30 wins & 33 nominations total

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Peter Greenaway and Saskia Boddeke
Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway and Juliet Stevenson
Peter Greenaway

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
Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
6.3
  • Director
  • 2015
Nightwatching (2007)
Nightwatching
6.4
  • Director
  • 2007
Joely Richardson, Kenny Ireland, David Morrissey, Michael Percival, Joan Plowright, and Juliet Stevenson in Drowning by Numbers (1988)
Drowning by Numbers
7.2
  • Director
  • 1988

Credits

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Director

  • The Head Gardener
    • Director
    • Pre-production
  • Bosch
    • Director
    • Pre-production
  • Walking to Paris
    • Director
    • Post-production
  • Eisenstein in Hollywood
    • Director
    • In Development
  • Lucca Mortis
    • Director
    • In Production
  • Luther and his legacy (2017)
    Luther and his legacy
    • Director
    • 2017
  • Giovanna D'Arco (2016)
    Giovanna D'Arco
    • Director (stage)
    • 2016
  • 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
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2016
  • Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
    Eisenstein in Guanajuato
    • Director
    • 2015
  • 3x3D (2013)
    3x3D
    • Director (segment Just in Time)
    • 2013
  • Goltzius and The Pelican Company (2012)
    Goltzius and The Pelican Company
    • Director
    • 2012
  • 92 Atomic Bomb Explosions on the Planet Earth
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2010
  • The Marriage
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2009
  • Cinema Is Dead, Long Live the Screen
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2008
  • Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! (2008)
    Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
    • Director
    • 2008
  • Peopling the Palaces at Venaria Reale (2007)
    Peopling the Palaces at Venaria Reale
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2007
  • Nightwatching (2007)
    Nightwatching
    • Director
    • 2007
  • A Life in Suitcases (2005)
    A Life in Suitcases
    • Director
    • 2005
  • Writing on Water (2005)
    Writing on Water
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2005
  • The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish (2004)
    The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
    • Director
    • 2004

Writer

  • The Head Gardener
    • writer
    • Pre-production
  • Bosch
    • Writer
    • Pre-production
  • Walking to Paris
    • writer
    • Post-production
  • Eisenstein in Hollywood
    • Writer
    • In Development
  • Lucca Mortis
    • Writer
    • In 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
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 2016
  • Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
    Eisenstein in Guanajuato
    • written by
    • 2015
  • 3x3D (2013)
    3x3D
    • Writer (segment Just in Time)
    • 2013
  • Goltzius and The Pelican Company (2012)
    Goltzius and The Pelican Company
    • written by
    • 2012
  • 92 Atomic Bomb Explosions on the Planet Earth
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2010
  • The Marriage
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2009
  • Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! (2008)
    Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
    • scenario
    • 2008
  • Peopling the Palaces at Venaria Reale (2007)
    Peopling the Palaces at Venaria Reale
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 2007
  • Nightwatching (2007)
    Nightwatching
    • written by
    • 2007
  • A Life in Suitcases (2005)
    A Life in Suitcases
    • Writer
    • 2005
  • Writing on Water (2005)
    Writing on Water
    • concept
    • libretto
    • Short
    • 2005
  • The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish (2004)
    The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
    • writer
    • 2004
  • Visions of Europe (2004)
    Visions of Europe
    • 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
    • Writer
    • 2004
  • The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp (2003)
    The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp
    • writer
    • 2003

Editor

  • 92 Atomic Bomb Explosions on the Planet Earth
    • Editor
    • Short
    • 2010
  • The Pillow Book (1996)
    The Pillow Book
    • Editor
    • 1996
  • Intervals (1973)
    Windows
    • Editor
    • Short
    • 1990
  • The Pledge (1981)
    The Pledge
    • picture editor (as Tex Leadcote)
    • Short
    • 1981
  • The Falls (1980)
    The Falls
    • Editor
    • 1980
  • A Walk Through H (1979)
    A Walk Through H
    • Editor
    • Short
    • 1979
  • Vertical Features Remake (1978)
    Vertical Features Remake
    • Editor (uncredited)
    • Short
    • 1978
  • Dear Phone (1976)
    Dear Phone
    • Editor
    • Short
    • 1976
  • Dear Phone (1976)
    Water Wrackets
    • Editor
    • Short
    • 1975
  • Intervals (1973)
    H Is for House
    • Editor
    • Short
    • 1973
  • Love Love Love
    • Editor
    • Short
    • 1968
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Videos2

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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.
  • Trademarks
      Strong, and manipulative female characters

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