Peter Greenaway

Peter Greenaway

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1942-04-05 (81 years old)

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Biography

Peter Greenaway, CBE (born 5 April 1942) is a Welsh writer-director, painter, and video artist based in Amsterdam. Throughout the late 1960s and '70s, he produced several experimental documentary/mockumentary shorts while working as a film editor for the Central Office of Information. This early period culminated in "The Falls" (1980), a three-hour mockumentary indexing the strange effects of the VUE (the Violent Unknown Event) on 92 people whose names begin with the letters F-A-L-L. He made his dramatic feature film debut with "The Draughtsman's Contract" (1982), and throughout the 1980s directed a string of critically acclaimed and frequently controversial films: "A Zed & Two Noughts" (1985), "The Belly of an Architect" (1987), "Drowning by Numbers" (1988), and his best-known work, the vicious Thatcher-era satire "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" (1989). In the 1990s, he directed the Shakespeare adaptation "Prospero's Books" (1991), controversial religious satire "The Baby of Mâcon" (1993), erotic drama "The Pillow Book" (1996), and "8½ Women" (1999), an homage to the films of Federico Fellini, a major influence on Greenaway. In the early 2000s, Greenaway embarked on the ambitious "Tulse Luper" project, a multimedia body of historical fiction revolving around the life of the eponymous fictional hero. In addition to novels, CD-ROMs, online material, and a touring exhibition, the project spawned a trilogy of feature films: "The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story" (2003), "The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea" (2004), and "The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish" (2004). The trilogy was followed by a fourth feature, "A Life in Suitcases" (2005), which abridges the Tulse Luper saga into a single film. Since the mid 2000s, Greenaway's film work has focused on idiosyncratic, heavily fictionalised biopics dedicated to some of his favourite artists: Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt van Rijn in "Nightwatching" (2007), Dutch Baroque engraver Hendrik Goltzius in "Goltzius and the Pelican Company" (2012), Soviet Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein in "Eisenstein in Guanajuato" (2015), and Romanian-French sculptor Constantin Brâncuși in "Walking to Paris" (TBD). Greenaway has lived and worked in Amsterdam since the mid 1990s. He is married to artist Saskia Boddeke, with whom he has two children. He also has two children from a previous marriage to potter Carol Greenaway.

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Filmography

all 84

Movies 83

Director 68

self 7

Narrator 4

Writer 3

TV Shows 1

Himself
Peter Greenaway: The Film Architect - Beyond The Belly of an Architect

Peter Greenaway: The Film Architect - Beyond The Belly of an Architect (2023)

Movie
Director
Hotel Royalty Since 1887

Hotel Royalty Since 1887 (2021)

Movie
(voice) / Screenplay / Director
The Missing Nail

The Missing Nail (2019)

Movie
Self
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice

Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice (2019)

Movie
Self
The Greenaway Alphabet

The Greenaway Alphabet (2018)

Movie
Director
Luther and His Legacy

Luther and His Legacy (2017)

Movie
Self
The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch

The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch (2016)

Movie
Director / Stage Director
Giovanna D'Arco

Giovanna D'Arco (2016)

Movie
Director
Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)

Movie
Director
Goltzius & the Pelican Company

Goltzius & the Pelican Company (2014)

Movie
Director
3x3D

3x3D (2013)

Movie
Director
Atomic Bombs on the Planet Earth

Atomic Bombs on the Planet Earth (2012)

Movie
Director
The Wedding at Cana

The Wedding at Cana (2009)

Movie
Director
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! (2008)

Movie
Director
Nightwatching

Nightwatching (2007)

Movie
Director
A Life in Suitcases

A Life in Suitcases (2005)

Movie
Director
Writing on Water

Writing on Water (2005)

Movie
Director
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish (2004)

Movie
Director / Writer
Visions of Europe

Visions of Europe (2004)

Movie
Director
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea (2004)

Movie
Director
The European Showerbath

The European Showerbath (2004)

Movie
Director
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp

The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp (2003)

Movie
Director
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)

Movie
Self - Commentary, Dear Phone
Cinema16: British Short Films

Cinema16: British Short Films (2003)

Movie
Himself / Director
The 92 Faces of Peter Greenaway

The 92 Faces of Peter Greenaway (2002)

Movie
Director
The Man in the Bath

The Man in the Bath (2001)

Movie
Director
The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama

The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama (1999)

Movie
Director
8 ½ Women

8 ½ Women (1999)

Movie
Director
Lumière and Company

Lumière and Company (1995)

Movie
Director
The Pillow Book

The Pillow Book (1995)

Movie
Director
Stairs 1 Geneva

Stairs 1 Geneva (1994)

Movie
Director
The Baby of Mâcon

The Baby of Mâcon (1993)

Movie
Director / Writer
Darwin

Darwin (1992)

Movie
Himself / Director
Peter Greenaway: A Documentary

Peter Greenaway: A Documentary (1992)

Movie
Director
Rosa

Rosa (1992)

Movie
Director
A Walk Through Prospero's Library

A Walk Through Prospero's Library (1992)

Movie
Director
M Is for Man, Music and Mozart

M Is for Man, Music and Mozart (1991)

Movie
Director
Prospero's Books

Prospero's Books (1991)

Movie
Director
Death in the Seine

Death in the Seine (1991)

Movie
Director
A TV Dante

A TV Dante (1990)

TV
Director
A TV Dante

A TV Dante (1990)

Movie
Director
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

Movie
5
Narrator
Fear of Drowning

Fear of Drowning (1989)

Movie
Narrator
Hubert Bals Handshake

Hubert Bals Handshake (1989)

Movie
Director
Drowning by Numbers

Drowning by Numbers (1988)

Movie
6
Director
The Belly of an Architect

The Belly of an Architect (1987)

Movie
Director
A Zed & Two Noughts

A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)

Movie
Director
Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire

Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire (1985)

Movie
Director
Making a Splash

Making a Splash (1984)

Movie
Director / Writer
Four American Composers: Robert Ashley

Four American Composers: Robert Ashley (1983)

Movie
Director / Writer
Four American Composers: John Cage

Four American Composers: John Cage (1983)

Movie
Director / Writer
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk

Four American Composers: Meredith Monk (1983)

Movie
Director
The Sea in Their Blood

The Sea in Their Blood (1983)

Movie
4.33
Director
Four American Composers: Philip Glass

Four American Composers: Philip Glass (1983)

Movie
Director
The Draughtsman's Contract

The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)

Movie
Editor
The Pledge

The Pledge (1982)

Movie
Director
Zandra Rhodes

Zandra Rhodes (1981)

Movie
Director
Terence Conran

Terence Conran (1981)

Movie
Director
The Exile

The Exile (1981)

Movie
Director
The Falls

The Falls (1980)

Movie
Director
Act of God

Act of God (1980)

Movie
Director
A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist

A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist (1979)

Movie
Director
Leeds Castle

Leeds Castle (1979)

Movie
Director
Vertical Features Remake

Vertical Features Remake (1978)

Movie
Director
Eddie Kidd

Eddie Kidd (1978)

Movie
Director
1-100

1-100 (1976)

Movie
Director
Goole by Numbers

Goole by Numbers (1976)

Movie
Narrator
Dear Phone

Dear Phone (1976)

Movie
Director
Savile Row

Savile Row (1976)

Movie
Narrator
Windows

Windows (1975)

Movie
Director
Water Wrackets

Water Wrackets (1975)

Movie
Voice
H Is for House

H Is for House (1973)

Movie
Director
Intervals

Intervals (1973)

Movie
Director
Erosion

Erosion (1971)

Movie
Director
5 Postcards from Capital Cities

5 Postcards from Capital Cities (1967)

Movie
Director
Revolution

Revolution (1967)

Movie
Director
Train

Train (1966)

Movie
Director
Tree

Tree (1966)

Movie
Director
Death of Sentiment

Death of Sentiment (1962)

Movie
Director
Walking to Paris

Walking to Paris

Movie
Director
Lucca Mortis

Lucca Mortis

Movie
Writer
Eisenstein in Hollywood

Eisenstein in Hollywood

Movie
Writer
Bosch

Bosch

Movie
Writer
The Food of Love

The Food of Love

Movie

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Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1942-04-05 (81 years old)

Birth Place
Newport, United Kingdom

Religion
atheism

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Residences
Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

Also Known As
피터 그리너웨이

Awards
Sitges Film Festival Best Director award, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Sutherland Trophy, BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award, Golden Calf for Best Script


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