Peter Greenaway
Film director
1942 –
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Who is Peter Greenaway?
Peter Greenaway, CBE is a British film director. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular. Common traits in his film are the scenic composition and illumination and the contrasts of costume and nudity, nature and architecture, furniture and people, sexual pleasure and painful death.
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- Born
- Apr 5, 1942
Newport - Also known as
- Peter Greenaway, CBE
- Spouses
- Saskia Boddeke
- Carol Greenaway
(1969 - 1999)
- Children
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Forest School
- Lived in
- Monmouthshire
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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