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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Michael Nyman studied piano, harpsichord and music history with Alan... more
Trivia:
He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire)... more
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes.
Another
6 wins
&
7 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(9 articles)
Biggest Oscar Snubs #10: Gordon Willis, Caleb Deschanel, Michael Nyman
(From Alt Film Guide. 5 January 2010, 1:12 PM, PST)
Hollywood PR Shakeup: Simon Lands
(From Deadline Hollywood. 4 January 2010, 6:36 PM, PST)
(From Alt Film Guide. 5 January 2010, 1:12 PM, PST)
Hollywood PR Shakeup: Simon Lands
(From Deadline Hollywood. 4 January 2010, 6:36 PM, PST)
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Filmography
Jump to filmography as: In Development, Composer, Music Department, Soundtrack, Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Camera and Electrical Department, Self
In Development: 
- Therese Raquin (details only on IMDbPro)
Composer:
- Erasing David (2009) (completed)
- 9 Months 9 Days (2009)
- An Organization of Dreams (2009)
- Charon (2008)
- Leonardo's Little Black Book (2008) (V)
- Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007)
... aka Theresa: The Body of Christ (International: English title) - Never Forever (2007)
- Capturing 'The Libertine' (2006) (V)
- Close to Greenaway (2005)
- Jestem (2005)
... aka I Am (International: English title) - Detroit: Ruin of a City (2005)
- The Libertine (2004)
- Luminal (2004)
- Kiállítás (2004)
... aka Exhibition (International: English title) - Nathalie... (2003)
- The Actors (2003)
- 24 heures de la vie d'une femme (2002)
... aka 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (International: English title) - Haute fidélité (2001)
- Subterrain (2001)
- The Claim (2000)
... aka Le maître de Kingdom Come (Canada: French title)
... aka Rédemption (France) - Act Without Words I (2000) (TV)
- That Sinking Feeling (2000)
- The End of the Affair (1999)
- Nabbie no koi (1999)
... aka Nabbie's Love (Japan: English title) - Il mercato del pesce di Venezia (1999) (TV)
- Wonderland (1999)
- Ravenous (1999)
- "Titch" (1998) TV series (1998-)
- Gattaca (1997)
- Anzar (1997)
- Enemy Zero (1996) (VG)
- Der Unhold (1996)
... aka Le roi des aulnes (France)
... aka The Ogre - Carrington (1995)
- Anne no nikki (1995)
... aka The Diary of Anne Frank (Japan: English title) - À la folie (1994)
... aka Alice et Elsa
... aka Six Days, Six Nights - Mesmer (1994)
- The Piano (1993)
... aka La leçon de piano (France) - The Final Score (1992) (TV)
- The Michael Nyman Songbook (1992)
- The Fall of Icarus (1992)
- Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs (1991) (TV)
- Prospero's Books (1991)
... aka L'ultima tempesta (Italy) - Ich war ein glücklicher Mensch (1991)
- Le mari de la coiffeuse (1990)
... aka The Hairdresser's Husband (UK) (USA) - Men of Steel (1990)
- Les enfants volants (1990)
... aka The Flying Children - The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
... aka Le cuisinier, le voleur, sa femme et son amant (France)
... aka Spica
... aka The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - Monsieur Hire (1989)
... aka Monsieur Hire (UK) (USA)
... aka M. Hire - Out of the Ruins (1989) (TV)
- Hubert Bals Handshake (1989)
- Drowning by Numbers (1988)
- Death in the Seine (1988) (TV)
... aka Les morts de la Seine (France) - Fear of Drowning (1988)
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1987) (TV) (from opera "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat")
- "Arsenal" (1 episode, 1987)
- Fela Kuti (1987) TV episode - Le miraculé (1987)
- "Arsenal Atlas" (2 episodes, 1987)
- Cantón: Fens, yuans i renminbis (1987) TV episode
- Shangai: Sin nuan hao (1987) TV episode - The Disputation (1986) (TV)
- I'll Stake My Cremona to a Jew's Trump (1986)
- The Kiss (1985)
- L'ange frénétique (1985)
- A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
- Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire, 1985 (1985)
... aka 26 Bathrooms (UK: short title) - "Fairly Secret Army" (1984) TV series (unknown episodes)
- The Cold Room (1984) (TV)
... aka The Prisoner - Making a Splash (1984)
- The Coastline (1983)
... aka The Sea in Their Blood - Frozen Music (1983)
- Nelly's Version (1983)
- The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
- Terence Conran (1981)
... aka Insight: Terence Conran (UK: alternative title) - Act of God (1980) (TV)
- The Falls (1980)
- Zandra Rhodes (1979)
... aka Insight: Zandra Rhodes (UK: alternative title) - 1-100 (1978)
- A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist (1978)
- Vertical Features Remake (1978)
- Keep It Up Downstairs (1976)
- Goole by Numbers (1976)
- 5 Postcards from Capital Cities (1967)
- Chelovek s kino-apparatom (1929)
... aka Человек с Киноаппаратом (Soviet Union: Russian title)
... aka Living Russia, or The Man with a Camera (USA)
... aka Man with a Movie Camera (International: English title)
... aka The Man with a Movie Camera
... aka The Man with the Movie Camera - Ballet mécanique (1924) (1986)
... aka Charlot présente le ballet mécanique (France)
Music Department:
- A Cock and Bull Story (2005) (music arranger: Handel Sarabande)
... aka Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (USA) - The Libertine (2004) (music conductor) (music producer)
- The Actors (2003) (conductor)
- On the Trail of John Hunt Morgan (2003) (TV) (composer: song "Checkmate" from Ravenous)
- The End of the Affair (1999) (conductor)
- Nabbie no koi (1999) (musician: piano)
... aka Nabbie's Love (Japan: English title) - Wonderland (1999) (conductor) (music producer) (musician: piano)
- Ravenous (1999) (conductor) (music arranger: Stephen Foster and Philip Phile pieces) (orchestrator)
- Gattaca (1997) (conductor) (uncredited)
- Der Unhold (1996) (music producer)
... aka Le roi des aulnes (France)
... aka The Ogre - À la folie (1994) (conductor) (musician: piano)
... aka Alice et Elsa
... aka Six Days, Six Nights - The Piano (1993) (conductor)
... aka La leçon de piano (France) - Prospero's Books (1991) (musical director) (musician: piano)
... aka L'ultima tempesta (Italy) - "Troubleshooter" (1990) TV series (composer: theme music)
- The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989) (musician: piano)
... aka Le cuisinier, le voleur, sa femme et son amant (France)
... aka Spica
... aka The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - Drowning by Numbers (1988) (musical director) (musician: piano)
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1987) (TV) (musician: piano)
- A Zed & Two Noughts (1985) (musician: harpsichord)
- The Cold Room (1984) (TV) (conductor)
... aka The Prisoner - Four American Composers (1983) (TV) (musical advisor)
- Frozen Music (1983) (conductor)
- Brimstone & Treacle (1982) (composer: additional music)
- The Draughtsman's Contract (1982) (music supervisor) (musician: harpsichord and piano)
- The Falls (1980) (conductor) (musician)
- 1-100 (1978) (conductor)
- Vertical Features Remake (1978) (conductor)
- Tom Phillips (1977) (composer: title music)
- Keep It Up Downstairs (1976) (music arranger)
Soundtrack:
- "L'isola dei famosi 6" (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 24 November 2008 (2008) TV episode (performer: "The Piano Theme") - Man on Wire (2008) (writer: "Fish Beach", "History Of The Insipid", "Dreams Of A Journey", "Time Lapse", "The Disposition Of Linen", "Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds", "An Eye For Optical Theory", "A Ramble In St. James Park", "Passage De L'Egalité", "Drowning By Number 2", "Memorial", "Trysting Field/Sheep 'n' Tides")
- A Cock and Bull Story (2005) (arranger: "Sarabande") ("Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds", "An Eye for Optical Theory")
... aka Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (USA) - Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti (2005) ("To the edge of the earth")
... aka Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide (UK)
... aka Une fois que tu es né... (France) - The Libertine (2004) (music: "If", "Rochester's Farewell" (uncredited))
- 9 Songs (2004) (writer: "Debbie", "Nadia") (performer: "Debbie", "Nadia")
- Monsieur Hire (1989) (performer: "Quatuor en Sol Mineur Op. 25 de Brahms")
... aka Monsieur Hire (UK) (USA)
... aka M. Hire - The Draughtsman's Contract (1982) (writer: "Chasing Sheep Is Best Left To Shepherds", "Disposition Of The Linen", "Watery Death", "Garden Is Becoming A Robe Room", "Queen Of The Night", "Eye For Optical Theory", "Bravura In The Face Of Grief")
- Keep It Up Downstairs (1976) (music: "Always A Pleasure")
Actor:
- Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali (2002) (TV) .... The Pianist
- The Final Score (1992) (TV) .... Man in crowd
- Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs (1991) (TV) (uncredited) .... Court Pianist
Producer:
- Charon (2008) (producer)
- Subterrain (2001) (executive producer)
Director:
- I Sold My Cadillac to Diana Dors: The Edmundo Ros Story (2000) (TV)
- Love Love Love (1968)
Writer:
- Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs (1991) (TV) (story)
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1987) (TV) (adaptation)
Camera and Electrical Department:
- The Falls (1980) (still photographer)
Self:
- "BBC Proms" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Prom 39: Birtwistle's Mask of Orpheus (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "Ànima" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode #1.52 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - Live Earth (2007) (TV) .... Himself
... aka Live Earth 7.7.07 (International: English title: poster title)
... aka Live Earth Alert (Netherlands: festival title)
... aka Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis (International: English title)
... aka SOS: The Movement for a Climate in Crisis (International: English title: poster title) - "The South Bank Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- Steve Reich (2006) TV episode .... Himself - "B 360º" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode dated 16 January 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself - "Miradas 2" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode dated 12 January 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself - "Sunday AM" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
... aka The Andrew Marr Show (UK: new title)
- Episode #1.6 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "Família Comtal" (2005) TV series .... Himself
- 9 Songs (2004) .... Himself
- "The Works" .... Himself (1 episode, 1997)
- Michael Nyman and the Man from Mazda (1997) TV episode .... Himself - Der Klang der Bilder (1995) (TV) .... Himself
- "Encantada de la vida" .... Himself (1 episode, 1994)
- Episode dated 18 April 1994 (1994) TV episode .... Himself - "La tarda és nostra" .... Himself (1 episode, 1994)
- Episode dated 13 April 1994 (1994) TV episode .... Himself - The Michael Nyman Songbook (1992) .... Piano and musical director
- Colonna sonora (1992) .... Himself
- "Cinema 3" .... Himself (1 episode, 1988)
... aka Informatiu cinema (Spain: Catalan title)
- Episode dated 10 February 1988 (1988) TV episode .... Himself - I'll Stake My Cremona to a Jew's Trump (1986) .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
Nyman, Michael. Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond. London: Studio
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