Peter Greenaway
Welsh film director · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Born 1942 · age 84
Peter Greenaway is a British filmmaker and visual artist.
Peter Greenaway is read about 593 times a day, in 40 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 1 November 2026
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2019
Tintoretto: A Rebel in VeniceFilm, Producer2015
Eisenstein in GuanajuatoFilm, Director, Writer2014Annual award ACFKAwardBAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema AwardAward2012
Goltzius & the Pelican CompanyFilm, Director, Writer2008“There are only two subjects that matters, one is sex and the other is death, what else we could talk about it. And most the cinema talks all the time about sex and death.”In their wordsOctober 2008Interview with El Tiempo in Bogotá, Colombia. October 20082007Golden Calf for Best ScriptAward
NightwatchingFilm, 2007Director, Writer2004
KulturplatzSeries
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the SeaFilm, 2004Director, Writer2001Time Machine AwardAward1999“It's precisely on the Internet that the majority of the writing is terribly bad and uninteresting.”In their wordsMay 1999In an interview in Page, May 1999
8 ½ WomenFilm, 1999Director, Writer1997“We went to Kyoto -- back to Japan -- to work in the Matsuo Tiasha shrine which Sei Shonagon had visited regularly. I couldn't give up such an opportunity.”In their words9 November 1997Nagiko's journal for 9 November 19971994“Finally we hit upon the old cathedral of Amsterdam, which belongs to the Reformed Church and which we remodeled.”In their wordsJanuary 1994From an interview in Positif, January 19941993“The start of a film is like a gateway, a formal entrance-point. The first three minutes of a film make great demands on an audience's patience and credulity.”In their wordsA book, written to accompany an exhibition at the Palazzo Fortuny in Venice in 1993.
The Baby of MâconFilm, 1993Director, Writer1991“And I've also written a play called Miranda, about what happens afterwards on the ship on the way home. It's about what happens to innocence and how it has to be destroyed.”In their wordsDecember 1991During the filming of Prospero's Books, quoted in an interview in American Film, Nov/Dec 19911990
A TV DanteSeries, Director1989Sitges Film Festival Best Director awardAward
Death in the SeineFilm, 1989Director1987
The Belly of an ArchitectFilm, Director, Writer1984
Making a SplashFilm, Director1982
The Draughtsman's ContractFilm, Director, Writer1980Sutherland TrophyAward1978
A Walk Through HFilm, Director, Writer1974
WindowsFilm, Director, Writer1966TrainFilm, Director1942Born5 April 1942
Tintoretto: A Rebel in VeniceFilm, Producer2015Eisenstein in GuanajuatoFilm, Director, Writer2014Annual award ACFKAwardBAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema AwardAward2012Goltzius & the Pelican CompanyFilm, Director, Writer2008“There are only two subjects that matters, one is sex and the other is death, what else we could talk about it. And most the cinema talks all the time about sex and death.”In their wordsOctober 2008Interview with El Tiempo in Bogotá, Colombia. October 20082007Golden Calf for Best ScriptAwardNightwatchingFilm, 2007Director, Writer2004KulturplatzSeriesThe Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the SeaFilm, 2004Director, Writer2001Time Machine AwardAward1999“It's precisely on the Internet that the majority of the writing is terribly bad and uninteresting.”In their wordsMay 1999In an interview in Page, May 19998 ½ WomenFilm, 1999Director, Writer1997“We went to Kyoto -- back to Japan -- to work in the Matsuo Tiasha shrine which Sei Shonagon had visited regularly. I couldn't give up such an opportunity.”In their words9 November 1997Nagiko's journal for 9 November 19971994“Finally we hit upon the old cathedral of Amsterdam, which belongs to the Reformed Church and which we remodeled.”In their wordsJanuary 1994From an interview in Positif, January 19941993“The start of a film is like a gateway, a formal entrance-point. The first three minutes of a film make great demands on an audience's patience and credulity.”In their wordsA book, written to accompany an exhibition at the Palazzo Fortuny in Venice in 1993.The Baby of MâconFilm, 1993Director, Writer1991“And I've also written a play called Miranda, about what happens afterwards on the ship on the way home. It's about what happens to innocence and how it has to be destroyed.”In their wordsDecember 1991During the filming of Prospero's Books, quoted in an interview in American Film, Nov/Dec 19911990A TV DanteSeries, Director1989Sitges Film Festival Best Director awardAwardDeath in the SeineFilm, 1989Director1987The Belly of an ArchitectFilm, Director, Writer1984Making a SplashFilm, Director1982The Draughtsman's ContractFilm, Director, Writer1980Sutherland TrophyAward1978A Walk Through HFilm, Director, Writer1974WindowsFilm, Director, Writer1966TrainFilm, Director1942Born5 April 1942People around Peter
Ornella Muti Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases
Michael Nyman Peter directed The Draughtsman's Contract (1984)
Jordi Mollà Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases
Caroline Dhavernas Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases
Anna Galiena Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases
Raymond J. Barry Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases
Valentina Cervi Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases
JJ Feild Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases
Steven Mackintosh Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases
Isabella Rossellini Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases
Franka Potente Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases
Ana Torrent Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)
Yorick van Wageningen Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases
Wouter Barendrecht Produced The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)
Amanda Plummer Peter directed 8½ Women (1999)
Maria Schrader Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases
Vivian Wu Peter directed The Pillow Book and 8½ Women
Kevin Tighe Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)
Marcel Iureș Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases
Keram Malicki-Sánchez Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)
Debbie Harry Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)- Nigel Terry Peter directed The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)
Richard McCabe Peter directed Nightwatching (2007)
Vanni Corbellini Peter directed Drowning by Numbers (1989)
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989
The Draughtsman's Contract 1982
Drowning by Numbers 1988
A Zed & Two Noughts 1985
The Baby of Mâcon 1993
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Filmography 40
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Television 2
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I was continually connected with the whole world and never got any rest. At the moment, I spend only a few hours weekly on the net, that's just better for me.
It's so miserable and so easy to keep slamming Titanic -- I'll shut up.
On the same day as I started to keep my own pillow-book -- I met my future husband for the first time. I was six, he was ten. We did not exchange a word.
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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
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Born 1942 · age 84
