Career retrospective will take place on Wednesday 13 April
London, 21 March: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has today announced that director and BAFTA recipient Peter Greenaway will discuss his craft and career at a special ‘BAFTA A Life in Pictures’ event at BAFTA’s headquarters, 195 Piccadilly in London, on Wednesday 13 April. Public tickets will be available to book from 1pm on Thursday 24 March at www.bafta.org/whats-on/.
‘BAFTA A Life in Pictures’ is a long-running series of onstage interviews in which some of the film world’s leading talent share insights into the experiences that helped them hone and develop their craft. The series has hosted such figures as Kenneth Branagh, Cate Blanchett, Todd Haynes, Ang Lee, Sam Mendes, Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, and Kate Winslet.
Peter Greenaway CBE is one of Britain’s most ambitious and controversial directors. With a filmmaking career spanning 50 years, he was awarded the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in 2014.
After initially training as a painter, Greenaway began making his own films in 1966 with his first short Death of Sentiment, before progressing to features with The Draughtsman’s Contract, which he completed in 1982. This was followed by A Zed & Two Noughts (1985), The Belly of an Architect (1987), Drowning by Numbers (1988), and the controversial but critically acclaimed, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989).
Greenaway’s other credits include art installations & exhibitions, documentaries and mockumentaries, opera and music theatre performances, and various television projects including 1990’s A TV Dante. He has published books, written for the theatre and opera, and toured the world with his Tulse Luper Suitcases VJ Show. Greenaway has received honorary degrees from the Universities of Edinburgh, Bucharest, Southampton and Utrecht, and was awarded a CBE in 2007 for services to cinema.
Peter Greenaway’s current projects include multimedia installations and his upcoming film Eisenstein in Guanajuato, which opens in UK cinemas from Friday 15 April 2016.
Event details:
BAFTA A Life in Pictures: Peter Greenaway
Evening, Wednesday 13 April at BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London
The event will be preceded by a Champagne Taittinger Reception
Recordings of previous events in the A Life in Pictures series are available on BAFTA Guru, BAFTA’s online learning channel (www.bafta.org/guru).
For further information, please contact:
Charlotte Inett at freuds
T: +44 (0)20 3003 6350
E: [email protected]
Hannah Golanski at freuds
T: +44 (0)20 3003 6623
E: [email protected]
For images, logos, accreditation, transcripts and more, visit www.bafta.org/press.
About BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public. In addition to its Awards ceremonies, BAFTA has a year-round programme of learning events and initiatives – featuring workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures and mentoring schemes – in the UK, USA and Asia; it offers unique access to the world’s most inspiring talent and connects with a global audience of all ages and backgrounds. BAFTA relies on income from membership subscriptions, individual donations, trusts, foundations and corporate partnerships to support its ongoing outreach work. To access the best creative minds in film, television and games production, visit www.bafta.org/guru. For more, visit www.bafta.org.
