Michael Nyman Movies

Opera 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...

Film which explores the relationship of man to water, his mastery of the fear of drowning and accomplishments in swimming.

Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.

Set in 1913, 1936 and 2001. When he returns to the casino and seaside resort of his early teens, Louis, a 78 year old man encounters Olivia, a 19...

An anonymous narrator outlines a bizarre journey taken through "H", aided by a series of extraordinary maps, and his previous dealings with the...

A film about fragility; about a man obsessed with photographing the accident who discovered that the fate of others was his way of connecting to...

People claim to know an amnesiac who finds herself in a hotel with a suitcase full of cash.

The exploration of the effects of an unexpected catastrophe, known as VUE (violent unknown event) through the bios of 92 survivors.

A disillusioned writer follows the intertwining stories of several people, but are they his own inventions or do they really exist?

Close to Greenaway takes us behind the scenes of the first part of the trilogy The Tulse Luper's Suitcases in Barcelona and Almeria. In this film,...

Featuring unprecedented access to Michael Nyman's working life, this film shows one of the great composers of our time in all his diversity and...

A 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.

Ute Lemper sings a collection of art songs by Michael Nyman based on texts by Paul Celan, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, William Shakespeare and Arthur...

Three criminals pledge to free the soul of their friend from his gibbeted corpse in this short film based on 'The Highwayman' by Lord Dunsany.

A lone man avenges the death of his father.

A short film by Peter Greenaway.

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

Vertical Features Remake is a film by Peter Greenaway. It portrays the work of a fictional Institute of Reclamation and Restoration as they attempt...

Engaging 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...

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