Peter Greenaway
Known for exceptional directing in global cinema.
Profession
Directing
Birthday
5 Apr 1942
Age
84 Years
Born In
Newport, Gwent, Wales, UK
Total Projects
21
Years Active
51 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.5 ★
Overview
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...
Known For
Kulturplatz
2004
8 ½ Women
1999
Cinema16: British Short Films
2003
Ritratti di cinema
2025
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
2008
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice
2019
The Falls
1982
Close to Greenaway
2004
H Is for House
1976
The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama
1999
Filmography
movie
Ritratti di cinema
Ritratti di cinema
as Self
movie
Peter Greenaway: The Film Architect - Beyond The Belly of an Architect
Peter Greenaway: The Film Architect - Beyond The Belly of an Architect
as Himself
movie
The Missing Nail
The Missing Nail
as (voice)
movie
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice
as Self
movie
The Greenaway Alphabet
The Greenaway Alphabet
as Peter Greenaway
movie
The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch
The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch
movie
The Wedding at Cana
The Wedding at Cana
as Some characters (uncredited)
movie
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
as Himself / Public Prosecutor
movie
Close to Greenaway
Close to Greenaway
as Self
tv
Kulturplatz
Kulturplatz
as Self
movie
Cinema16: British Short Films
Cinema16: British Short Films
as Self - Commentary, Dear Phone (voice)
movie
The 92 Faces of Peter Greenaway
The 92 Faces of Peter Greenaway
as Himself
movie
The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama
The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama
as Narrator
movie
8 ½ Women
8 ½ Women
as (uncredited)
movie
Peter Greenaway: A Documentary
Peter Greenaway: A Documentary
as Himself
movie
Fear of Drowning
Fear of Drowning
as Himself
movie
Hubert Bals Handshake
Hubert Bals Handshake
as Narrator
movie
The Falls
The Falls
as Interviewer
movie
H Is for House
H Is for House
as (voice)
movie
Dear Phone
Dear Phone
as Narrator
movie
Windows
Windows
as Narrator