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1962–present. Notable work. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) Peter Greenaway, CBE (born 5 April 1942) is a British film director, screenwriter and artist. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Mannerism painting in particular.
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Mini Bio. Peter Greenaway trained as a painter and began working as a film editor for the Central Office of Information in 1965. Shortly afterwards he started to make his own films. He has produced a wealth of short and feature-length films, but also paintings, novels and other books.
- April 5, 1942
Peter Greenaway. Director: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover. Peter Greenaway trained as a painter and began working as a film editor for the Central Office of Information in 1965. Shortly afterwards he started to make his own films. He has produced a wealth of short and feature-length films, but also paintings, novels and other books.
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- Newport, Gwent, Wales, UK
May 14, 2022 · Peter Greenaway Reflects on Career While Finishing First Film Since 2015. By Peter Debruge. Courtesy Image. Right off the bat, Peter Greenaway wants to make clear that he’s never really taken ...
Sep 6, 2022 · Sept. 6, 2022 7 AM PT. It can be argued that Peter Greenaway is today’s feature filmmaker with the most wide-ranging musical imagination. His best-known films — “The Draughtsman’s Contract ...
- Mark Swed
- Classical Music Critic
- mark.swed@latimes.com
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.
Nov 17, 2022 · We talk history, knowledge and cinema with visionary British director Peter Greenaway. 17 November 2022. By Lillian Crawford. Prospero’s Books (1991) Peter Greenaway is looking forward to returning to London for the BFI ’s retrospective of his films, Frames of Mind.
