Peter Greenaway

Peter Greenaway

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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Hotel Royalty Since 1887

Hotel Royalty Since 1887

2021

Director

The Missing Nail

The Missing Nail

2019

Director, Screenplay

Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice

Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice

2019

Producer

Luther and His Legacy

Luther and His Legacy

2017

Director

Giovanna D'Arco

Giovanna D'Arco

2016

Stage Director, Director

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

2015

Director, Screenplay

Goltzius & the Pelican Company

Goltzius & the Pelican Company

2014

Writer, Director

3x3D

3x3D

2013

Director, Writer

Atomic Bombs on the Planet Earth

Atomic Bombs on the Planet Earth

2012

Director

The Wedding at Cana

The Wedding at Cana

2009

Director

Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

2008

Director, Screenplay

Nightwatching

Nightwatching

2007

Director, Writer

A Life in Suitcases

A Life in Suitcases

2005

Writer, Director

Writing on Water

Writing on Water

2005

Director, Writer

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

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

2004

Director, Writer

Visions of Europe

Visions of Europe

2004

Director, Writer

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

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

2004

Writer, Director

The European Showerbath

The European Showerbath

2004

Director

The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp

The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp

2003

Writer, Director

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

2003

Director, Writer

Cinema16: British Short Films

Cinema16: British Short Films

2003

Director

The 92 Faces of Peter Greenaway

The 92 Faces of Peter Greenaway

2002

Director

The Man in the Bath

The Man in the Bath

2001

Director

The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama

The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama

1999

Director, Stage Director, Writer

8 ½ Women

8 ½ Women

1999

Director, Screenplay

Lumière & Company

Lumière & Company

1995

Director

The Pillow Book

The Pillow Book

1995

Director, Editor, Writer

Stairs 1 Geneva

Stairs 1 Geneva

1994

Director

The Baby of Mâcon

The Baby of Mâcon

1993

Writer, Director

Darwin

Darwin

1992

Director, Writer

Peter Greenaway: A Documentary

Peter Greenaway: A Documentary

1992

Director

Rosa

Rosa

1992

Director

A Walk Through Prospero's Library

A Walk Through Prospero's Library

1992

Director

M Is for Man, Music and Mozart

M Is for Man, Music and Mozart

1991

Writer, Director

Prospero's Books

Prospero's Books

1991

Director, Screenplay

A TV Dante

A TV Dante

1990

Director

A TV Dante

A TV Dante

1990

Director

Death in the Seine

Death in the Seine

1989

Director

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

1989

Director, Screenplay

Fear of Drowning

Fear of Drowning

1989

Director

Hubert Bals Handshake

Hubert Bals Handshake

1989

Director

Drowning by Numbers

Drowning by Numbers

1988

Director, Writer

The Belly of an Architect

The Belly of an Architect

1987

Writer, Director

A Zed & Two Noughts

A Zed & Two Noughts

1985

Writer, Director

Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire

Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire

1985

Director

Making a Splash

Making a Splash

1984

Director

Four American Composers: John Cage

Four American Composers: John Cage

1983

Director, Writer

Four American Composers: Robert Ashley

Four American Composers: Robert Ashley

1983

Director, Writer

Four American Composers: Meredith Monk

Four American Composers: Meredith Monk

1983

Director, Writer

The Sea in Their Blood

The Sea in Their Blood

1983

Director, Writer

Four American Composers: Philip Glass

Four American Composers: Philip Glass

1983

Director, Writer

The Draughtsman's Contract

The Draughtsman's Contract

1982

Screenplay, Director

The Pledge

The Pledge

1982

Editor

Zandra Rhodes

Zandra Rhodes

1981

Director, Screenplay

Terence Conran

Terence Conran

1981

Director

The Exile

The Exile

1981

Director

The Falls

The Falls

1980

Writer, Director, Editor

Act of God

Act of God

1980

Director

Leeds Castle

Leeds Castle

1979

Director

Vertical Features Remake

Vertical Features Remake

1978

Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor

A Walk Through H

A Walk Through H

1978

Director, Editor, Writer, Scenic Artist

Water Wrackets

Water Wrackets

1978

Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography

Eddie Kidd

Eddie Kidd

1978

Editor, Director

Goole by Numbers

Goole by Numbers

1976

Director, Writer

1-100

1-100

1976

Writer, Director

Dear Phone

Dear Phone

1976

Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography

H Is for House

H Is for House

1976

Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor

Savile Row

Savile Row

1976

Director

Windows

Windows

1974

Director, Editor, Writer

Intervals

Intervals

1973

Director, Writer

Erosion

Erosion

1971

Director

Revolution

Revolution

1968

Director

5 Postcards from Capital Cities

5 Postcards from Capital Cities

1967

Director

Train

Train

1966

Director

Tree

Tree

1966

Director

Death of Sentiment

Death of Sentiment

1962

Director

Walking to Paris

Walking to Paris

Writer, Director

Lucca Mortis

Lucca Mortis

Writer, Director

Bosch

Bosch

Director, Writer

The Food of Love

The Food of Love

Writer, Director

Tie and Dye

Tie and Dye

Editor

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