Happy 78th Birthday, Peter Greenaway! Born today in 1942, this British artist, editor, screenwriter and film director's features are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular.
Among his credits in the early 1980s, Greenaway is best known for directing the 1983 British mystery/drama film 'The Draughtsman's Contract'. This was his first conventional feature film.
In the late 1980s, he is best known for directing the 1988 British-Dutch comedy/drama film 'Drowning by Numbers'and the 1989 Dutch/British/French romance crime/drama film 'The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover'.
In the late 1980s, he is best known for directing the 1988 British-Dutch comedy/drama film 'Drowning by Numbers'and the 1989 Dutch/British/French romance crime/drama film 'The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover'.
In the 1990s, Greenaway is best known fore directing the 1996 Dutch/British/French/Luxembourgian/Austrian erotic romance/drama film 'The Pillow Book'.
English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist Michael Nyman is known for numerous film scores (many written during his lengthy collaboration with Greenaway).
He is also best known for his multi-platinum soundtrack album to New Zealand screenwriter, producer, and director Jane Campion's 1993 New Zealand period drama/romance film 'The Piano'.
The common traits in Greenaway's film are the scenic composition and illumination and the contrasts of costume and nudity, nature and architecture, furniture and people, sexual pleasure and painful death.
Greenaway has been active from 1962–present.
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