FILM DIRECTOR

Peter Greenaway

1942 - Today

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Peter Greenaway, (born 5 April 1942) is a Welsh film director, screenwriter and artist. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Mannerist painting in particular. Common traits in his films are the scenic composition and illumination and the contrasts of costume and nudity, nature and architecture, furniture and people, sexual pleasure and painful death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Greenaway is the 136th most popular film director (up from 159th in 2019), the 793rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 699th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Film Director.

Peter Greenaway is most famous for his use of color, sound, and cinematography in his films.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Peter Greenaway ranks 136 out of 2,041. Before him are David Fincher, Jesús Franco, Michael Cimino, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jerzy Grotowski, and George A. Romero. After him are Terrence Malick, Jonathan Demme, Jiří Menzel, Michael Powell, Henri-Georges Clouzot, and Sergei Bondarchuk.

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Among people born in 1942, Peter Greenaway ranks 82. Before him are Martin Seligman, Françoise Dorléac, Wolfgang Schäuble, Carlos Reutemann, Junichiro Koizumi, and Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark. After him are Felipe González, Michael Crichton, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Vicente Fox, László Sólyom, and Maurizio Pollini.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Greenaway ranks 793 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743), George Mallory (1886), James Dewar (1842), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784), and Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806). After him are Saint Malachy (1094), Anthony James Leggett (1938), Chris Slade (1946), Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), Malcolm Young (1953), and John Surtees (1934).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Peter Greenaway ranks 10. Before him are Tony Scott (1944), Alan Parker (1944), Peter Brook (1925), Christopher Nolan (1970), Richard Attenborough (1923), and David Lean (1908). After him are Michael Powell (1905), Danny Boyle (1956), Stephen Frears (1941), Tony Richardson (1928), Frank Lloyd (1886), and Mike Newell (1942).

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