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 87
Movies 85
Director 3
TV Shows 2
self 2
Writer 2
Music
Dance Dance Danseur (2022)
TV
Music
The Hour (2020)
Movie
Composer
McQueen (2018)
Movie
6
self / Music
Washing Machine: The Feature Film (2017)
Movie
Composer
Karenina & I (2017)
Movie
Music
The Black Legend of Mexican Cinema (2016)
Movie
Music
Juana Inés (2016)
TV
7
The Man Who Saw Too Much (2015)
Movie
Composer
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)
Movie
Director
War Work: 8 Songs with Film (2014)
Movie
Composer
Eighteam (2014)
Movie
Composer
Miradas Múltiples (La máquina loca) (2013)
Movie
Composer
Fanny, Alexander & Me (2013)
Movie
Composer
Everyday (2012)
Movie
Original Music Composer
White Elephant (2012)
Movie
Music
Go Right (2012)
Movie
Composer
The Mexican Suitcase (2011)
Movie
Composer
The Trip (2011)
Movie
4.33
Composer
Krokodyle (2010)
Movie
Actor
Michael Nyman in Progress (2010)
Movie
Director
NYman with a Movie Camera (2010)
Movie
Composer
2 Graves (2010)
Movie
Composer
9 meses, 9 dÃas (2009)
Movie
Composer
An Organization of Dreams (2009)
Movie
Composer
Erasing David (2009)
Movie
Composer
Man on Wire (2008)
Movie
6
Composer
Never Forever (2007)
Movie
6
Composer
Theresa: The Body of Christ (2007)
Movie
Composer
I Am (2005)
Movie
Composer
The Libertine (2004)
Movie
Himself (uncredited)
9 Songs (2004)
Movie
6
Composer
Luminal (2004)
Movie
Composer
KiállÃtás (2004)
Movie
Composer
Nathalie... (2003)
Movie
Composer
The Actors (2003)
Movie
Composer
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (2002)
Movie
The Pianist
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali (2002)
Movie
Composer
Act Without Words I (2001)
Movie
Composer
The Claim (2000)
Movie
Director
I Sold My Cadillac to Diana Dors: The Edmundo Ros Story (2000)
Movie
Composer
Nabbie's Love (1999)
Movie
Composer
The End of the Affair (1999)
Movie
Composer
Wonderland (1999)
Movie
4
Music
Ravenous (1999)
Movie
5.3
Composer
Gattaca (1997)
Movie
6.92
Composer
The Ogre (1996)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Diary of Anne Frank (1995)
Movie
Composer
Carrington (1995)
Movie
Composer
6 Days, 6 Nights (1994)
Movie
Composer
Mesmer (1994)
Movie
1
Composer
The Piano (1993)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer
The Michael Nyman Songbook (1992)
Movie
Composer
Prospero's Books (1991)
Movie
Composer
Death in the Seine (1991)
Movie
Composer
Les Enfants volants (1991)
Movie
Writer
Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs (1991)
Movie
Composer
Ich war ein glücklicher Mensch (1990)
Movie
Composer
The Hairdresser's Husband (1990)
Movie
Composer
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Movie
5
Composer
Monsieur Hire (1989)
Movie
Composer
Fear of Drowning (1989)
Movie
Composer
Hubert Bals Handshake (1989)
Movie
Composer
Drowning by Numbers (1988)
Movie
6
Writer
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1987)
Movie
Composer
Miracle Healing (1987)
Movie
Composer
The Disputation (1986)
Movie
Composer
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Movie
Composer
Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire (1985)
Movie
Composer
Making a Splash (1984)
Movie
Composer
The Cold Room (1984)
Movie
Composer
The Sea in Their Blood (1983)
Movie
4.33
Composer
Nelly's Version (1983)
Movie
Composer
Illusions: A film on Solvent Abuse (1983)
Movie
Composer
The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
Movie
Composer
The Pledge (1982)
Movie
Composer
Zandra Rhodes (1981)
Movie
Composer
Terence Conran (1981)
Movie
Composer
The Falls (1980)
Movie
Music
Act of God (1980)
Movie
Composer
A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist (1979)
Movie
Composer
Vertical Features Remake (1978)
Movie
Composer
Keep It Up Downstairs (1976)
Movie
Composer
1-100 (1976)
Movie
Composer
Goole by Numbers (1976)
Movie
Composer
5 Postcards from Capital Cities (1967)
Movie
Composer
Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Movie
5
Composer
Ballet Mécanique (1924)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.76
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1924
1987
1999
1989
2022
Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1944-03-23 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceStratford, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsMichael Laurence Nyman
AwardsLucie 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
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