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Peter Greenaway is a British theatrical and film director, writer, and screenwriter born in Newport, Wales, on April 5, 1942. He resides in Monmouthshire and speaks English. Greenaway is an atheist and is married to Saskia Boddeke. His professional career began in 1964.
He has received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire and the Sutherland Trophy. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film. His works are held in the collections of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Whitworth Art Gallery, and Eye Filmmuseum. Notable works include *Hundert Objekte zeigen die Welt*, *Le bruit des nuages*, *The Dance Of Death*, *Le sonore et le visuel*, and *The Stairs*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 05 April 1942
- Works
- 35
Top works
- Hundert Objekte zeigen die Welt
- Le bruit des nuages
- Peter Greenaway - The Dance Of Death
- Le sonore et le visuel
- The Stairs
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Film & TV
Newport, Gwent, Wales, UK
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…
Known for
- Ritratti di cinema — Self2025
- Peter Greenaway: The Film Architect - Beyond The Belly of an Architect — Himself2023
- The Missing Nail — (voice)2019
- Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice — Self2019
- The Greenaway Alphabet — Peter Greenaway2018
- The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch2016
- The Wedding at Cana — Some characters (uncredited)2009
- Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! — Himself / Public Prosecutor2008
- Close to Greenaway — Self2004
- Kulturplatz — Self2004
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1942-04-05 ) 5 April 1942 (age 84) , Newport , Wales
- Occupations
- Film director , screenwriter , visual artist
- Years active
- 1962–present
- Notable work
- The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Family name
- Greenaway
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Newport
- Spouse
- Saskia Boddeke
- Occupation
- exhibition curator
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Official website
- www.luperpediafoundation.com
- Image
- Peter Greenaway in 2007.jpg
- Residence
- Monmouthshire
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- Commons category
- Peter Greenaway
- date of birth
- 1942-04-05
- topic's main category
- Category:Peter Greenaway
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Peter Greenaway
- social media followers
- 3572
- has works in the collection
- Eye Filmmuseum
- P8168
- Ensor
- name in native language
- Peter Greenaway
- topic has template
- Template:Peter Greenaway
- number of viewers/listeners
- 251638
Sources (10)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Peter Greenaway, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Greenaway (born 5 April 1942) is a British filmmaker and visual artist.
Greenaway's notable feature films include The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), The Belly of an Architect (1987), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Prospero's Books (1991), and Nightwatching (2007). He has also created works in other mediums, notably the multimedia Tulse Luper Suitcases, documentaries, and several video installations. In 2014, he received the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peter Greenaway” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.