Directing · Writing · age 84
Peter Greenaway
Best rated: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (7.5)
- Films
- 19
- Avg rating
- 6.80
- Peak run
- 1982’89
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes
Peter by the numbers
Average
6.80
15 rated films
Vote weighted
6.82
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.47
rating spread
Career
36y
1980 to 2015
Total votes
129K
across every film
Best
7.5
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Worst
6.5
The Pillow Book
Newest first
Filmography
| 2015 | Eisenstein in Guanajuato | 6.3 | 3,284 |
| 2013 | 3x3D | · | 384 |
| 2012 | Goltzius and The Pelican Company | 6.5 | 1,521 |
| 2008 | Rembrandt's J'Accuse | 7.2 | 1,065 |
| 2007 | Nightwatching | 6.5 | 3,689 |
| 2005 | A Life in Suitcases | · | 315 |
| 2004 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish | · | 515 |
| 2004 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea | · | 701 |
| 2003 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story | 6.7 | 1,303 |
| 1999 | 8 ½ Women | 5.6 | 4,400 |
| 1996 |  The Pillow Book | 6.5 | 14,358 |
| 1993 | The Baby of Mâcon | 6.9 | 5,497 |
| 1991 | Prospero's Books | 6.8 | 7,125 |
| 1989 |  The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | 7.5 | 45,596 |
| 1988 |  Drowning by Numbers | 7.1 | 10,691 |
| 1987 | The Belly of an Architect | 6.9 | 6,745 |
| 1985 | A Zed & Two Noughts | 7.2 | 8,237 |
| 1982 |  The Draughtsman's Contract | 7.2 | 12,139 |
| 1980 | The Falls | 7.1 | 1,845 |
Better together?
Peter Greenaway's regulars
- Reinier van BrummelenCinematographer · 10 films · 6.47 avg
- Sacha ViernyCinematographer · 8 films · 6.81 avg
- Michael NymanComposer · 6 films · 7.15 avg
- JJ FeildDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.70 avg▲+0.14
- Raymond J. BarryDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.70 avg▲+0.33
- Borut KrzisnikComposer · 3 films · 6.70 avg
- Nur Al LeviDirector and actor · 2 films
- Stephen BillingtonDirector and actor · 2 films
- Roger ReesDirector and actor · 2 films
- Eva BirthistleDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.85 avg▲+0.28
- Jonathan HolmesDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.85 avg▲+0.25
- Martin FreemanDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.85 avg▲+0.24
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Peter Greenaway
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