Peter Greenaway

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Peter Greenaway CBE
Greenaway in 2007
Born	(1942-04-05) 5 April 1942 (age 82) Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, visual artist
Years active	1962–present
Notable work	The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

Peter Greenaway, CBE (born 5 April 1942) is a British film director, screenwriter and artist. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Mannerism painting in particular. Common traits in his films are the scenic composition and illumination and the contrasts of costume and nudity, nature and architecture, furniture and people, sexual pleasure and painful death.