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Michael Nyman

Known for: Sound

Biography: 1944-03-23 (80 years old)

Biography

Michael Nyman is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, known for numerous film scores (many written during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway) and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano.

Filmography

all 91

Movies 88

Director 4

TV Shows 3

self 2

Writer 1

Music

Dance Dance Danseur (2022)

Music

Michael Nyman

Biography

Filmography

all 91

Movies 88

Director 4

TV Shows 3

self 2

Writer 1

Dance Dance Danseur (2022)

The Hour (2020)

McQueen (2018)

Taniel (2018)

Karenina & I (2017)

The Black Legend of Mexican Cinema (2016)

Juana Inés (2016)

The Man Who Saw Too Much (2015)

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)

War Work: 8 Songs with Film (2014)

Eighteam (2014)

Hollywood in Vienna: The World of James Horner (2013)

Miradas Múltiples (La máquina loca) (2013)

Fanny, Alexander & Me (2013)

Everyday (2012)

White Elephant (2012)

Go Right (2012)

The Mexican Suitcase (2011)

The Trip (2011)

Krokodyle (2010)

Michael Nyman in Progress (2010)

NYman with a Movie Camera (2010)

2 Graves (2010)

9 meses, 9 días (2009)

An Organization of Dreams (2009)

Erasing David (2009)

Man on Wire (2008)

The Genius of Photography (2007)

Never Forever (2007)

Theresa: The Body of Christ (2007)

I Am (2005)

Close to Greenaway (2004)

The Libertine (2004)

9 Songs (2004)

Luminal (2004)

Kiállítás (2004)

Nathalie... (2003)

The Actors (2003)

24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (2002)

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali (2002)

Act Without Words I (2001)

The Claim (2000)

I Sold My Cadillac to Diana Dors: The Edmundo Ros Story (2000)

Nabbie's Love (1999)

The End of the Affair (1999)

Wonderland (1999)

Ravenous (1999)

Gattaca (1997)

The Ogre (1996)

The Diary Of Anne Frank (1995)

Carrington (1995)

6 Days, 6 Nights (1994)

Mesmer (1994)

The Piano (1993)

The Michael Nyman Songbook (1992)

Prospero's Books (1991)

Les Enfants volants (1991)

Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs (1991)

Ich war ein glücklicher Mensch (1990)

The Hairdresser's Husband (1990)

Death in the Seine (1989)

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

Monsieur Hire (1989)

Fear of Drowning (1989)

Hubert Bals Handshake (1989)

Drowning by Numbers (1988)

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1987)

Miracle Healing (1987)

The Disputation (1986)

A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)

Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire (1985)

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1944-03-23 (80 years old)

Birth Place
Stratford, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
Michael Laurence Nyman

Awards
Lucie Award, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score, doctor honoris causa of the University of Warwick, honorary degree of the University of Leeds