FILM DIRECTOR

Peter Greenaway

1942 - Today

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Peter Greenaway, (born 5 April 1942) is a British film director, screenwriter and artist. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Mannerism painting in particular. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Greenaway has received more than 1,171,908 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Peter Greenaway is the 159th most popular film director (down from 126th in 2019), the 699th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 592nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Film Director.

Peter Greenaway is most famous for his use of color, sound, and cinematography in his films.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Peter Greenaway ranks 159 out of 2,041. Before him are Alexander Dovzhenko, Shohei Imamura, Otto Preminger, Roland Emmerich, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and Jesús Franco. After him are Kim Ki-duk, Sergio Corbucci, Andrei Konchalovsky, Josef von Sternberg, Bille August, and Jan Švankmajer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Peter Greenaway ranks 79. Before him are Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vicente Fox, Maurizio Pollini, Muhammadu Buhari, and Junichiro Koizumi. After him are Hissène Habré, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, John Cale, Jean-Claude Trichet, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, and Valeri Polyakov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Greenaway ranks 699 out of 8,785. Before him are Brian Josephson (1940), Harry Kroto (1939), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Wheatstone (1802), James May (1963), and George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592). After him are Francis Hutcheson (1694), David Brewster (1781), William Webb Ellis (1806), Julian Huxley (1887), Chris Rea (1951), and Ann Radcliffe (1764).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Peter Greenaway ranks 10. Before him are Alan Parker (1944), Tony Scott (1944), Christopher Nolan (1970), Peter Brook (1925), Richard Attenborough (1923), and David Lean (1908). After him are Stephen Frears (1941), Mike Newell (1942), Danny Boyle (1956), Carol Reed (1906), Guy Ritchie (1968), and Tony Richardson (1928).

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Filmography

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
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The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.
Oct 13o 19897.337 / 10
The Draughtsman's Contract
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A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.
Nov 12o 19827.092 / 10
The Pillow Book
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A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.
Sep 1o 19956.405 / 10