Directing
Peter Greenaway
- Titles
- 87movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1962 to 2025, busiest in 1976 and 1983 with 5 main titles each.
- Directed
- 80titles as director
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
The Draughtsman's Contract86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.5average 2.6
- Absurdist Humor4.9average 2.0
- Satire & Parody5.0average 2.3
- Politics4.6average 2.6
- Eroticism3.6average 1.8
- Uncanny4.2average 2.5
- Wit & Wordplay5.3average 3.7
- Social Commentary6.5average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.8, average 5.2
- Adrenaline2.8, average 5.1
- Wholesome1.5, average 3.3
- Family Dynamics3.0, average 4.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Avant-Garde 5
- Social Commentary 4
- Political Intrigue 4
- Experimental Film 3
- British Cinema 3
- Complex Narrative 3
- European Cinema 3
- Philosophical Exploration 3
- Non-linear Narrative 2
- Absurdist Humor 2
- Art History 2
- Rembrandt 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- RReinier van BrummelenCinematographerA Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper, 8 ½ Women, Goltzius & the Pelican Company, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story, Nightwatching, +8 more
- EElmer LeupenEditorA Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper, 8 ½ Women, Goltzius & the Pelican Company, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea, +7 more
- SSacha ViernyCinematographerThe Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The Pillow Book, 8 ½ Women, The Baby of Mâcon, Prospero's Books, +6 more
John WilsonEditorThe Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The Draughtsman's Contract, The Belly of an Architect, A Zed & Two Noughts, Drowning by Numbers, +4 more
Michael NymanComposerThe Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Prospero's Books, The Draughtsman's Contract, A Zed & Two Noughts, Drowning by Numbers, +3 more- CChris WyattEditorThe Pillow Book, A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper, The Baby of Mâcon, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish, +3 more
- CColin CantlieActorWater Wrackets, A Walk Through H, The Falls, Vertical Features Remake, H Is for House
Ornella MutiActorA Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish, Peopling The Palaces
JJ FeildActorA Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish, The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp
Raymond J. BarryActorA Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish, The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp- CCurtis ClarkCinematographerThe Draughtsman's Contract, Four American Composers: Philip Glass, Four American Composers: Robert Ashley, Four American Composers: Meredith Monk, Four American Composers: John Cage
Roger ReesActorA Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
Movies and TV shows
46Upcoming
4 titles
The Food of Love
Writer, Director
Walking to Paris
Director, Writer
Bosch
Director, Writer
Tower Stories
Writer, Director
2020s
1 title
Blondi (2025)
Writer
2010s
4 titles · average score 59
The Missing Nail (2019)
as (voice)
59
Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
Screenplay, Director
57
3x3D (2013)
Director, Writer
63
Goltzius & the Pelican Company (2012)
Director, Writer
2000s
9 titles · average score 63
71
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! (2008)
Director, Screenplay
68
Nightwatching (2007)
Writer, Director
59
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper (2005)
Writer, Director
Writing on Water (2005)
Writer, Director
67
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea (2004)
Director, Writer
55
Visions of Europe (2004)
Director, Writer
66
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)
Director, Writer
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp (2003)
Writer, Director
1990s
7 titles · average score 60
51
8 ½ Women (1999)
as (uncredited)
67
The Pillow Book (1995)
Director, Writer
55
The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
Director, Writer
Darwin (1992)
Writer, Director
67
Prospero's Books (1991)
Director, Screenplay
60M Is for Man, Music and Mozart (1991)
Writer, Director
1980s
12 titles · average score 75
76
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Screenplay, Director
82
Drowning by Numbers (1988)
Director, Writer
62
The Belly of an Architect (1987)
Writer, Director
76
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Writer, Director
Four American Composers: Philip Glass (1983)
Director, Writer
The Sea in Their Blood (1983)
Director, Writer
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk (1983)
Writer, Director
Four American Composers: John Cage (1983)
Writer, Director
Four American Composers: Robert Ashley (1983)
Director, Writer
86
The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
Director, Screenplay
Zandra Rhodes (1981)
Director, Screenplay
71
The Falls (1980)
as Interviewer
1970s
9 titles · average score 57
59
Water Wrackets (1978)
Director, Writer
74
A Walk Through H (1978)
Director, Editor
71
Vertical Features Remake (1978)
Editor, Director
56
Dear Phone (1976)
as Narrator
64
H Is for House (1976)
as (voice)
1-100 (1976)
Writer, Director
Goole by Numbers (1976)
Writer, Director
23
Windows (1974)
as Narrator
56
Intervals (1973)
Director, Writer