Peter Greenaway

Peter Greenaway

Directing

Born April 5, 1942 · Newport, Gwent, Wales, UK

80 films as director · Active 1962–2019

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/mock…

Known for

Kulturplatz

Kulturplatz

2004

8 ½ Women

8 ½ Women

1999

Dear Phone

Dear Phone

1976

Ritratti di cinema

Ritratti di cinema

2025

Cinema16: British Short Films

Cinema16: British Short Films

2003

Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

2008

Directed(80)

The Missing Nail

2019The Missing Nail

Luther and His Legacy

2017Luther and His Legacy★ 6.0

Giovanna D'Arco

2016Giovanna D'Arco

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

2015Eisenstein in Guanajuato★ 6.1

3x3D

20133x3D★ 4.7

Goltzius & the Pelican Company

2012Goltzius & the Pelican Company★ 6.1

Atomic Bombs on the Planet Earth

2012Atomic Bombs on the Planet Earth★ 6.7

The Wedding at Cana

2009The Wedding at Cana★ 10.0

Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

2008Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!★ 6.7

Nightwatching

2007Nightwatching★ 6.2

Peopling The Palaces

2007Peopling The Palaces★ 10.0

2006Greenaway: The Shorts

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

2005The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish★ 5.0

A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper

2005A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper★ 5.8

2005Writing on Water★ 4.0

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

2004The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea★ 4.9

Visions of Europe

2004Visions of Europe★ 5.2

The European Showerbath

2004The European Showerbath

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

2003The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story★ 5.2

Cinema16: British Short Films

2003Cinema16: British Short Films★ 5.2

The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp

2003The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp★ 3.3

The 92 Faces of Peter Greenaway

2002The 92 Faces of Peter Greenaway

The Man in the Bath

2001The Man in the Bath

8 ½ Women

19998 ½ Women★ 5.5

The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama

1999The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama★ 5.0

In the Dark

1996In the Dark

The Pillow Book

1995The Pillow Book★ 6.4

Lumière & Company

1995Lumière & Company★ 6.3

Stairs 1 Geneva

1994Stairs 1 Geneva★ 10.0

The Baby of Mâcon

1993The Baby of Mâcon★ 6.9

Darwin

1992Darwin★ 8.0

1992A Walk Through Prospero's Library★ 7.0

Rosa

1992Rosa★ 8.0

Peter Greenaway: A Documentary

1992Peter Greenaway: A Documentary

Prospero's Books

1991Prospero's Books★ 6.8

1991M Is for Man, Music and Mozart★ 5.2

A TV Dante

1990A TV Dante★ 6.5

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

1989The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover★ 7.3

Death in the Seine

1989Death in the Seine★ 5.5

1989Hubert Bals Handshake★ 5.8

Fear of Drowning

1989Fear of Drowning★ 6.0

Drowning by Numbers

1988Drowning by Numbers★ 7.0

The Belly of an Architect

1987The Belly of an Architect★ 6.8

A Zed & Two Noughts

1985A Zed & Two Noughts★ 7.0

Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire

1985Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire★ 5.9

Making a Splash

1984Making a Splash★ 5.2

Four American Composers: Philip Glass

1983Four American Composers: Philip Glass★ 7.7

Four American Composers: John Cage

1983Four American Composers: John Cage

Four American Composers: Robert Ashley

1983Four American Composers: Robert Ashley

Four American Composers: Meredith Monk

1983Four American Composers: Meredith Monk

The Sea in Their Blood

1983The Sea in Their Blood★ 7.1

The Draughtsman's Contract

1982The Draughtsman's Contract★ 7.1

The Falls

1982The Falls★ 7.2

Terence Conran

1981Terence Conran★ 5.8

Zandra Rhodes

1981Zandra Rhodes★ 6.3

The Exile

Act of God

1980Act of God★ 6.8

Leeds Castle

1979Leeds Castle★ 5.7

Vertical Features Remake

1978Vertical Features Remake★ 7.2

A Walk Through H

1978A Walk Through H★ 7.4

Water Wrackets

1978Water Wrackets★ 5.9

Eddie Kidd

1978Eddie Kidd★ 6.5

Dear Phone

1976Dear Phone★ 5.4

Goole by Numbers

1976Goole by Numbers★ 8.0

1-100

19761-100★ 7.0

Savile Row

Windows

1974Windows★ 6.5

Intervals

1973Intervals★ 5.6

H Is for House

1973H Is for House★ 6.2

1971Erosion★ 10.0

1968Revolution★ 8.0

19675 Postcards from Capital Cities★ 8.0

1966Tree★ 9.0

1966Train★ 5.9

1962Death of Sentiment★ 7.0

Walking to Paris

—Walking to Paris

—The Food of Love

Tower Stories

—Tower Stories

Acting(21)

2025Ritratti di cinemaSelf

2023Peter Greenaway: The Film Architect - Beyond The Belly of an ArchitectHimself

2019The Missing Nail(voice)

Peter Greenaway — Watchpile | Watchpile

Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice

Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice

2019

Windows

Windows

1974

2019Tintoretto: A Rebel in VeniceSelf

2018The Greenaway AlphabetPeter Greenaway

2016The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch

2009The Wedding at CanaSome characters (uncredited)

2008Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!Himself / Public Prosecutor

2004Close to GreenawaySelf

2004KulturplatzSelf

2003Cinema16: British Short FilmsSelf - Commentary, Dear Phone (voice)

2002The 92 Faces of Peter GreenawayHimself

1999The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse DramaNarrator

19998 ½ Women(uncredited)

1992Peter Greenaway: A DocumentaryHimself

1989Fear of DrowningHimself

1989Hubert Bals HandshakeNarrator

1982The FallsInterviewer

1976Dear PhoneNarrator

1974WindowsNarrator

1973H Is for House(voice)