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Peter Greenaway


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A trained painter, the Amsterdam and London based Peter Greenaway PhD. is one of the great film directors of our time, an innovative curator and a challenging philosopher of cinema. His multi-media approach surpasses traditional media forms and aims at a visual language in its own right. His films include The Falls; The Belly of an Architect; The Draughtman's Contract; Drowning By Numbers; The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover; Prospero's Books; The Baby of Mâcon; The Pillow Book; Eight and a Half Women. He has curated Flying Out Of This World (Paris 1992), The Physical Self (Rotterdam 1992), 100 Objects To Represent The World (Vienna 1993), Stairs (Geneva 1994, Münich 1995). Latest projects: Writing to Vermeer (Opera with Saskia Boddeke); The Tulse Luper Suitcases.



Peter Greenaway is a Professor of Cinema Studies at the European Graduate School

Peter Greenaway is a professor of cinema studies at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, where he conducts an Intensive Summer Seminar.



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