Peter Greenaway Movies

  • 1967
    5 Postcards from Capital Cities

    5 Postcards from Capital Cities

    5 Postcards from Capital Cities

    01967HD

    An early work by Peter Greenaway showing ports as diverse as Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Goole, London or Newport.

    5 Postcards from Capital Cities
  • 1989
    Death in the Seine

    Death in the Seine

    Death in the Seine

    5.551989HD

    Between 1795 and 1801, 306 drowned people were recovered from the Seine river, near Paris. Peter Greenaway propouns a historical approach were 25...

    Death in the Seine
  • 1992
    Peter Greenaway: A Documentary

    Peter Greenaway: A Documentary

    Peter Greenaway: A Documentary

    01992HD

    Searching for the roots of Peter Greenaway in his films, this artful documentary begins with a workshop from 1991 in which Peter Greenaway discusses...

    Peter Greenaway: A Documentary
  • 1983
    Four American Composers: John Cage

    Four American Composers: John Cage

    Four American Composers: John Cage

    01983HD

    A television documentary about John Cage and his music.

    Four American Composers: John Cage
  • 1981
    The Exile

    The Exile

    The Exile

    01981HD

    Like plants, people can either thrive or wither when removed from their native soil, as this short film explores.

    The Exile
  • 1981
    Zandra Rhodes

    Zandra Rhodes

    Zandra Rhodes

    5.51981HD

    Commissioned by the COI, Peter Greenaway made a biographical short film about fashion designer Zandra Rhodes.

    Zandra Rhodes
  • 2019
    The Missing Nail

    The Missing Nail

    The Missing Nail

    02019HD

    A short ironic film about a missing nail in the iconography of Christ and his depiction in da Vinci’s painting of The Last Supper.

    The Missing Nail
  • 2017
    Luther and His Legacy

    Luther and His Legacy

    Luther and His Legacy

    62017HD

    A personal essay on the legacy of Martin Luther on the basis of 16th-Century drawings and paintings where the director draws parallels with today's...

    Luther and His Legacy
  • 1976
    Savile Row

    Savile Row

    Savile Row

    01976HD

    Greenaway's profile of one of Savile Row’s best regarded tailoring establishments, Kilgour, French & Stanbury, placing Britain at the helm of...

    Savile Row
  • 1976
    Goole by Numbers

    Goole by Numbers

    Goole by Numbers

    01976HD

    A numerical journey through the quaint village of Goole.

    Goole by Numbers
  • 1980
    Act of God

    Act of God

    Act of God

    6.71980HD

    Documentary film by Peter Greenaway made for Thames Television, in which people who have survived being struck by lightning relate their experiences...

    Act of God
  • 1978
    Water Wrackets

    Water Wrackets

    Water Wrackets

    5.81978HD

    Multifarious images of a lake are overlaid with water effects and a narrated history of the campaigns fought by the fictional water-wracket army.

    Water Wrackets
  • 2023
    Peter Greenaway: The Film Architect - Beyond The Belly of an Architect

    Peter Greenaway: The Film Architect - Beyond The Belly of an Architect

    Peter Greenaway: The Film Architect - Beyond The Belly of an Architect

    02023HD

    In this previously unseen backstage documentary, Peter Greenaway responds with great generosity to the open-ended questions posed by an off-camera...

    Peter Greenaway: The Film Architect - Beyond The Belly of an Architect
  • 1973
    Intervals

    Intervals

    Intervals

    5.51973HD

    A short film which has its emphasis on back street walls with peeling posters and the constant pedestrian traffic in the foreground. It has a static...

    Intervals
  • 1983
    Four American Composers: Robert Ashley

    Four American Composers: Robert Ashley

    Four American Composers: Robert Ashley

    01983HD

    A television documentary produced for British Television directed by Peter Greenaway.

    Four American Composers: Robert Ashley
  • 1976
    1-100

    1-100

    1-100

    01976HD

    A short film by Peter Greenaway.

    1-100
  • 1994
    Stairs 1 Geneva

    Stairs 1 Geneva

    Stairs 1 Geneva

    01994HD

    The film comprises one hundred sequences showing a location in the city of Geneva, Switzerland. In 1994, over a period of one hundred days, one...

    Stairs 1 Geneva
  • 1976
    H Is for House

    H Is for House

    H Is for House

    6.31976HD

    Ostensibly, a film about a child's pictorial alphabet stuck on the letter H.

    H Is for House
  • 2001
    The Man in the Bath

    The Man in the Bath

    The Man in the Bath

    02001HD

    An audiovisual work by Philip Glass and Peter Greenaway.

    The Man in the Bath
  • 1996
    In the Dark

    In the Dark

    In the Dark

    01996HD

    A film as part of the Spellbound installation at the Hayward Gallery in 1996 by Peter Greenaway.

    In the Dark