Curiosidades

When actors on the set of O Bebê Santo de Mâcon (1993) pointed out that he was introducing continuity errors, Peter replied that 'Continuity is boring.'

When he saw Ingmar Bergman's O Sétimo Selo (1957) at age 16 he decided he wanted to be a film maker.

Trained as a painter.

His favorite movie is O Ano Passado em Marienbad (1961).

Was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2007 "Queen's New Years Honors List" for his services to film.

Since the middle of the 1990s, he's a resident of Amsterdam, where he lives with Saskia Boddeke, a theater-director, and their two children.

In 1999, Greenaway divorced his wife, sold the family home in Wales, and resettled permanently in the Netherlands.

His favorite actress is Delphine Seyrig.

Uncle of David Greenaway.

Has received honorary degrees from universities in Staffordshire, Edinburgh, Gdansk, Bucharest, Southampton and Utrecht.

His break with Michael Nyman came with Prospero's Books (1991), when Nyman discovered that Greenaway had overlaid his original score with what he calls "awful phoney electronic music".

Is the father of four children, including daughters Hannah and Jessica from his first marriage, and Zoë from his current marriage.

Imelda Staunton ,Dawn French and Billy Connelly turned down a Peter Greenaway 1998 film because it involved full frontal nudity.