Michael Nyman

Born: 1944-03-23

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.


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9 Songs

as Himself (uncredited)
Released: 2004-07-16

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South...

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Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali

as The Pianist
Released: 2002-03-02

A comic drama about the weird and wonderful world of Salvador Dali and the Surrealists. This...

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Michael Nyman in Progress

as Self
Released: 2010-10-08

Featuring unprecedented access to Michael Nyman's working life, this film shows one of the great...

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The Man Who Saw Too Much

as uncredited
Released: 2015-10-24

A film about fragility; about a man obsessed with photographing the accident who discovered that...

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I Sold My Cadillac to Diana Dors: The Edmundo Ros Story

as Himself - Presenter
Released: 2000-10-15

Engaging profile of legendary band leader, Edmundo Ros, who brought Latin American music to...

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NYman with a Movie Camera

as uncredited
Released: 2010-09-12

Is as much a celebration of the world as its inspiration, Dziga Vertov's silent masterpiece,...

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