Michael Nyman Movies

  • 1984
    Making a Splash

    Making a Splash

    Making a Splash

    51984HD

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

    Making a Splash
  • 1976
    Keep It Up Downstairs

    Keep It Up Downstairs

    Keep It Up Downstairs

    3.31976HD

    The year is 1904; the setting is Cockshute Towers, one of England's stateliest homes. When the household is threatened with bankruptcy, both the...

    Keep It Up Downstairs
  • 1978
    A Walk Through H

    A Walk Through H

    A Walk Through H

    7.41978HD

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

    A Walk Through H
  • 2009
    An Organization of Dreams

    An Organization of Dreams

    An Organization of Dreams

    02009HD

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

    An Organization of Dreams
  • 1991
    Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs

    Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs

    Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs

    71991HD

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

    Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs
  • 1982
    The Pledge

    The Pledge

    The Pledge

    5.51982HD

    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.

    The Pledge
  • 1983
    The Sea in Their Blood

    The Sea in Their Blood

    The Sea in Their Blood

    6.71983HD

    A film made for the Central Office of Information concerning Britain's coastline, with music by Michael Nyman.

    The Sea in Their Blood
  • 1992
    The Michael Nyman Songbook

    The Michael Nyman Songbook

    The Michael Nyman Songbook

    01992HD

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

    The Michael Nyman Songbook
  • 1986
    The Disputation

    The Disputation

    The Disputation

    01986HD

    In 1263, King James I of Aragon organizes a debate between representatives of Judaism and Christianity regarding whether or not Jesus was the Messiah.

    The Disputation
  • 1993
    Desert Passion

    Desert Passion

    Desert Passion

    41993HD

    Two show-business women leave Los Angeles for Las Vegas, but phoney state troopers abduct them in the desert and they are taken to a...

    Desert Passion
  • 1981
    Zandra Rhodes

    Zandra Rhodes

    Zandra Rhodes

    5.51981HD

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

    Zandra Rhodes
  • 1983
    Nelly's Version

    Nelly's Version

    Nelly's Version

    01983HD

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

    Nelly's Version
  • 1976
    Goole by Numbers

    Goole by Numbers

    Goole by Numbers

    01976HD

    A numerical journey through the quaint village of Goole.

    Goole by Numbers
  • 1989
    Hubert Bals Handshake

    Hubert Bals Handshake

    Hubert Bals Handshake

    51989HD

    Peter Greenaway remembers his first meeting with Rotterdam Film Festival director Hubert Bals.

    Hubert Bals Handshake
  • 2010
    Michael Nyman in Progress

    Michael Nyman in Progress

    Michael Nyman in Progress

    1.52010HD

    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...

    Michael Nyman in Progress
  • 2012
    White Elephant

    White Elephant

    White Elephant

    6.62012HD

    While working alongside his long-time friend and colleague in building a hospital for the residents of a Buenos Aries shantytown, a troubled priest...

    White Elephant
  • 2014
    War Work: 8 Songs with Film

    War Work: 8 Songs with Film

    War Work: 8 Songs with Film

    7.42014HD

    A 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,...

    War Work: 8 Songs with Film
  • 2001
    Act Without Words I

    Act Without Words I

    Act Without Words I

    5.52001HD

    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.

    Act Without Words I
  • 2004
    Close to Greenaway

    Close to Greenaway

    Close to Greenaway

    02004HD

    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,...

    Close to Greenaway
  • 2010
    2 Graves

    2 Graves

    2 Graves

    02010HD

    A lone man avenges the death of his father.

    2 Graves