Peter Greenaway(I)
- Director
- Writer
- Editor
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. He
has held several one-man shows and curated exhibitions at museums
world-wide.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 29 wins & 31 nominations total
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Director
Writer
Editor
Personal details
- Official sites
- Alternative name
- Tex Leadcote
- Born
- SpousesCarol1969 - 1999 (divorced, 2 children)
- Other worksBook: "Papers/Papiers". Paris: Editions Dis Voir. ISBN 2906571202
- Publicity listings
Did you know
- TriviaWhen actors on the set of The Baby of Mâcon (1993) pointed out that he was introducing continuity errors, Peter replied that 'Continuity is boring.'
- QuotesCinema doesn't connect with the body as artists have in two thousand years of painting, using the nude as the central figure which the ideas seem to circulate around. I think it is important to somehow push or stretch or emphasize, in as many ways as I can, the sheer bulk, shape, heaviness, the juices, the actual structure of the body. Cinema basically examines a personality first and the body afterward.
- TrademarksStrong, and manipulative female characters
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