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Michael Nyman is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, known for numerous film scores (many written during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway) and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion’s The Piano.

Michael Nyman

Michael Nyman Biography / Wiki

NameMichael Nyman
Also Know
GenderMale
Known ForSound
Place of BirthStratford, London, England, UK
Date of Birth1944-03-23
Age(as in 2022)78
Deathday

Michael Nyman Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
NYman with a Movie Camera2010-09-12Is as much a celebration of the world as its inspiration, Dziga Vertov’s silent masterpiece, “Man With a Movie Camera,” celebrates Soviet society. Hav…
Washing Machine: The Feature FilmSelf2017-12-05Michael Nyman plays piano to accompany the 66 minute wash cycle of the Samsung QuickDrive washing machine….
I Sold My Cadillac to Diana Dors: The Edmundo Ros StoryHimself – Presenter2000-10-15Engaging profile of legendary band leader, Edmundo Ros, who brought Latin American music to England in the 1930’s. In the 1940’s & 50’s he became a ho…
The Man Who Saw Too Much2015-10-24A film about fragility; about a man obsessed with photographing the accident who discovered that the fate of others was his way of connecting to life….
9 SongsHimself (uncredited)2004-05-16Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet a…
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador DaliThe Pianist2002-03-02A comic drama about the weird and wonderful world of Salvador Dali and the Surrealists. This film charts Dali’s meteoric rise from obscurity to the wo…

Michael Nyman Directing Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
War Work: 8 Songs with FilmDirector2014-11-28A song cycle combining texts written by World War I poets, most all of whom lost their lives during the war, chansons vieilles from European poets, ar…
NYman with a Movie CameraDirector2010-09-12Is as much a celebration of the world as its inspiration, Dziga Vertov’s silent masterpiece, “Man With a Movie Camera,” celebrates Soviet society. Hav…
I Sold My Cadillac to Diana Dors: The Edmundo Ros StoryDirector2000-10-15Engaging profile of legendary band leader, Edmundo Ros, who brought Latin American music to England in the 1930’s. In the 1940’s & 50’s he became a ho…

Writing

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a HatAdaptation1987-06-05Opera singer and professor Dr P is examined both in a clinic and in his home, as he suffers from a degeneration of the occipital lobe that allows him …

Sound

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
The PianoOriginal Music Composer1993-05-19After a long voyage from Scotland, pianist Ada McGrath and her young daughter, Flora, are left with all their belongings, including a piano, on a New …
GattacaOriginal Music Composer1997-09-07In a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics, humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. Young Vincent Freeman is born with a co…
RavenousMusic1999-03-16Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving…
The End of the AffairOriginal Music Composer1999-12-03On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended …
Prospero’s BooksOriginal Music Composer1991-08-30An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this un…
Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and WritsOriginal Music Composer1991-01-01Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991….
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her LoverOriginal Music Composer1989-10-13The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband’s restaurant….
The Hairdresser’s HusbandOriginal Music Composer1990-10-03The film begins in a flashback from the titular character, Antoine. We are introduced to his fixation with female hairdressers which began at a young …
Monsieur HireOriginal Music Composer1989-05-24A French man spies on a lovely younger woman across the way. When he’s spotted by the woman shortly after being questioned by the police about a local…
The PledgeMusic1981-01-01Three criminals pledge to free the soul of their friend from his gibbeted corpse in this short film based on ‘The Highwayman’ by Lord Dunsany….
6 Days, 6 NightsOriginal Music Composer1994-09-28Alice is a promising young artist in Paris. Her boyfriend Franck, a boxer, has just moved in to her attic flat. Then her sister Elsa, a bored housewif…
Go RightMusic2012-04-25a short film by @RockyPlanetesimal….
A Zed & Two NoughtsOriginal Music Composer1985-10-04Twin zoologists lose their wives in a car accident and become obsessed with decomposing animals….
The Sea in Their BloodMusic1983-10-05A film made for the Central Office of Information concerning Britain’s coastline, with music by Michael Nyman….
Man on WireMusic2008-07-25On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York’s World Trade Center twin tow…
Drowning by NumbersOriginal Music Composer1988-09-10Three related women, all named Cissie Colpitts share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings. The local coroner is in…
Making a SplashMusic1984-07-08Film which explores the relationship of man to water, his mastery of the fear of drowning and accomplishments in swimming….
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a HatMusic1987-06-05Opera singer and professor Dr P is examined both in a clinic and in his home, as he suffers from a degeneration of the occipital lobe that allows him …
Goole by NumbersMusic1976-07-26A numerical journey through the quaint village of Goole….
1-100Music1976-07-26A short film by Peter Greenaway….
The ClaimMusic2000-12-29A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who …
The LibertineOriginal Music Composer2004-09-16The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn p…
Act Without Words IMusic2000-01-01A hot, thirsty man in the desert is tormented when the things he needs drop from the sky only to disappear again or hover out of his reach….
Nabbie’s LoveMusic1999-12-04Nanako returns to her hometown on the tiny island of Aguni to meet her grandmother Nabbie. However, when Nanako’s ferry arrives, it is also carrying N…
Act of GodMusic1980-04-16Documentary film by Peter Greenaway made for Thames Television, in which people who have survived being struck by lightning relate their experiences a…
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own WordsMusic2015-08-27A personal portrait of mythical and controversial actress Ingrid Bergman based on her many home movies and diaries….
Hubert Bals HandshakeMusic1989-01-01Peter Greenaway remembers his first meeting with Rotterdam Film Festival director Hubert Bals….
The DisputationMusic1986-12-21In 1263, King James I of Aragon organizes a debate between representatives of Judaism and Christianity regarding whether or not Jesus was the Messiah….
Vertical Features RemakeOriginal Music Composer1978-12-01Vertical Features Remake is a film by Peter Greenaway. It portrays the work of a fictional Institute of Reclamation and Restoration as they attempt to…
The OgreOriginal Music Composer1996-09-12Frenchman Abel Tiffauges is a naive man who lives a simple life working as a mechanic. Falsely accused of being a child abuser, he is recruited as a s…
Keep It Up DownstairsMusic1976-07-28The year is 1904; the setting is Cockshute Towers, one of England’s stateliest homes. When the household is threatened with bankruptcy, both the maste…
CarringtonMusic1995-05-25Painter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton Strachey. Though Lytton is a homosexual, he is enchanted by…
Theresa: The Body of ChristMusic2007-03-09In the 16th century, the daughter of a Spanish nobleman joins a convent and becomes a spiritual leader….
A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an OrnithologistOriginal Music Composer1979-04-20An anonymous narrator outlines a bizarre journey taken through “H”, aided by a series of extraordinary maps, and his previous dealings with the myster…
Never ForeverOriginal Music Composer2007-06-21When an American woman begins a dangerous relationship with an attractive immigrant worker, in order to save her marriage, she finds her true self….
The FallsMusic1980-11-19The exploration of the effects of an unexpected catastrophe, known as VUE (violent unknown event) through the bios of 92 survivors….
The Michael Nyman SongbookOriginal Music Composer1992-05-30Ute Lemper sings a collection of art songs by Michael Nyman based on texts by Paul Celan, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, William Shakespeare and Arthur Rimb…
McQueenMusic2018-06-08Alexander McQueen’s rags-to-riches story is a modern-day fairy tale, laced with the gothic. Mirroring the savage beauty, boldness and vivacity of his …
Nelly’s VersionOriginal Music Composer1983-06-09People claim to know an amnesiac who finds herself in a hotel with a suitcase full of cash….
The Black Legend of Mexican CinemaMusic2016-08-17During 1950, Miguel Contreras Torres led a group of filmmakers to officially denounce William O. Jenkins’ monopoly on film theaters, which was built t…
The ActorsMusic2003-03-16During the run of a particularly awful interpretation of Richard III, the star, Anthony O’Malley, begins to frequent a rough pub to develop his charac…
The Cold RoomOriginal Music Composer1984-03-24A girl visiting modern day East Germany with her estranged father begins reliving the horrifying events that happened to a young girl living there dur…
The Diary of Anne FrankMusic1995-08-19This is the true story of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam during WW2. Anne’s father realizes on time the danger the Jews face and hides …
Washing Machine: The Feature FilmOriginal Music Composer2017-12-05Michael Nyman plays piano to accompany the 66 minute wash cycle of the Samsung QuickDrive washing machine….
Zandra RhodesMusic1981-01-01Commissioned by the COI, Peter Greenaway made a biographical short film about fashion designer Zandra Rhodes….
MesmerOriginal Music Composer1994-08-25A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of “animal mag…
WonderlandOriginal Music Composer1999-05-13There’s little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They’re lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, p…
2 GravesOriginal Music Composer2010-01-01A lone man avenges the death of his father….
Nathalie…Original Music Composer2003-09-11Paris doctor Catherine starts to think her husband, Bernard, is having an affair when she hears an unfamiliar woman’s message on his voice mail. Hopin…
The Draughtsman’s ContractOriginal Music Composer1983-06-22A 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….
MusicShe was a self-taught scholar and a nun. And she refused to apologize for being a woman born into a man’s world….

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