Brian Eno

Brian Eno

Born: May 15, 1948
in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, UK
Brian Eno is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer, and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.

Eno was a student of Roy Ascott on his Groundcourse at Ipswich Civic College. Then he studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex, England, taking inspiration from minimalist painting.   He joined the band Roxy Music as synthesiser player in the early 1970s. Roxy Music's success in the glam rock scene came quickly, but Eno soon tired of touring and of conflicts with lead singer Bryan Ferry. Eno's solo music has explored more experimental musical styles and ambient music. It has also been extremely influential, pioneering ambient and generative music, innovating production techniques, and emphasising "theory over practice".

Eno pursues multimedia ventures in parallel to his music career, including art installations, a newspaper column in The Observer, a regular column on society and innovation in Prospect magazine, and "Oblique Strategies" (written with Peter Schmidt), a deck of cards in which cryptic remarks or random insights are intended to resolve dilemmas.

Movies for Brian Eno...

i/o Peter Gabriel / Blu-Ray Audio
Title: i/o Peter Gabriel / Blu-Ray Audio
Character: Bells, Synthesizer, Percussion
Released: December 1, 2023
Type: Movie
More than 20 years in the making, i/o, Peter Gabriel’s tenth album and first new material since 2002’s Up. And what a creation – 12 tracks of grace, gravity and great beauty that provide welcome confirmation of not only Peter’s ongoing ability to write stop-you-in-your-tracks songs but also of that thrilling voice, still perfectly, delightfully intact. Throughout the album the intelligent and thoughtful songs tackle life and the universe. All 12 tracks are subject to two stereo mixes: the Bright-Side Mix, the Dark-Side Mix, bring different characters to the songs. A third version – the In-Side Mix, in Dolby Atmos, generates a much more three-dimensional mix and is included in this Blu-ray.
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Brian Eno & Roger Eno: Live at the Acropolis, Athens
Title: Brian Eno & Roger Eno: Live at the Acropolis, Athens
Character: Self
Released: March 2, 2023
Type: Movie
Brian Eno and Roger Eno have been recording together since 1983. This unique musical event not only sees the two brothers performing live together for the first time but is one of very rare occasions that Brian has ever performed live in front of an audience. In front of a sell-out crowd and against a backdrop of spectacular images being projected onto the stones of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus amphitheatre, Brian and Roger perform atmospheric musical landscapes from legendary productions that include ambient records, television soundtracks and film scores.
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CAN and Me
Title: CAN and Me
Character: Self
Released: September 28, 2022
Type: Movie
In 1968, musician Irmin Schmidt and friends founded the avant-garde band "Can", which achieved worldwide fame. Schmidt also made a name for himself as a composer for films by Wim Wenders. In this documentary, the charismatic sound tinkerer looks back on his life and career.
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Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry at the BBC
Title: Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry at the BBC
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 3, 2022
Type: Movie
Enjoy the Thrill of It All and Dance Away the evening for this dive into the BBC's archives to look over some of the finest performances from both Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry. As a band, they were innovative, helping create the look and sound of the 1970s, and Ferry's solo career saw him hit new heights as the embodiment of sophisticated cool. Amongst the hits included are classics like Do The Strand, Avalon, Slave to Love and In Every Dream Home a Heartache... but the programme covers their entire careers, so do prepare for More than This.
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We Are As Gods
Title: We Are As Gods
Character: Self
Released: September 2, 2022
Type: Movie
“We are as gods and might as well get good at it.” This is the audacious opening line of the Whole Earth Catalog, a compendium of wonderful tools compiled by counterculture legend Stewart Brand. A psychedelic experimenter, cyberspace pioneer, and environmentalist, he is now urging humanity to use our god-like powers to reframe our relationship with time and life itself. Today, Stewart is using biotech to resurrect extinct species. He and a team of scientists travel to Siberia to collect ancient DNA in an effort to make a hybrid Woolly Mammoth. Former allies in the environmental movement vow to stand in his way, but Stewart forges ahead in his life-long mission to conserve the whole earth.
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2025: The Long Hot Winter
Title: 2025: The Long Hot Winter
Character: Radio presenter
Released: November 2, 2019
Type: Movie
A fictional documentary set in the year 2025 interviewing people of London about their first Christmas heatwave.
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Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams
Title: Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams
Character: Self
Released: November 14, 2018
Type: Movie
An in-depth and intimate portrait of Coldplay's spectacular rise from the backrooms of Camden pubs to selling out stadiums across the planet. At the heart of the story is the band's unshakeable brotherhood which has endured through many highs and lows.
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We Are Many
Title: We Are Many
Character: Self
Released: June 8, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.
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What Difference Does It Make?
Title: What Difference Does It Make?
Character: Self
Released: February 17, 2014
Type: Movie
A documentary that explores the challenges that a life in music can bring.
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David Bowie: Five Years
Title: David Bowie: Five Years
Character: Self
Released: May 25, 2013
Type: Movie
Featuring a wealth of previously unseen archive, this film looks at how Bowie continually evolved: from Ziggy Stardust to the Soul Star of Young Americans, to the ‘Thin White Duke’. It explores his regeneration in Berlin with the critically acclaimed album Heroes, his triumph with Scary Monsters and his global success with Let’s Dance. With interviews with all his closest collaborators, David Bowie - Five Years presents a unique account of why Bowie has become an ‘icon of our times’.
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The British Guide to Showing Off
Title: The British Guide to Showing Off
Released: November 11, 2011
Type: Movie
Documentary about British artist Andrew Logan as he attempts to put on the 2009 edition of his Alternative Miss World. The film also presents a history of the contest (which has run eccentrically since 1972) which was set up firstly as an excuse to have a good party, but has grown into a celebration of alternative lifestyles and sexualities. The documentary mixes archive footage, animated inserts, with talking head interviews and a fly-on-the-wall look at the organisation of the 2009 event
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U2: From the Sky Down
Title: U2: From the Sky Down
Character: Self
Released: October 29, 2011
Type: Movie
This documentary film is about the making of U2's Achtung Baby. In 2011, U2 returned to Hansa Studios in Berlin to discuss the making of Achtung Baby. This film is directed by Davis Guggenheim. Screened in the UK as part of the BBC's Imagine series, this film was the first ever documentary to open the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival. Included is bonus footage of "So Cruel," "Love is Blindness," and "The Fly" shot in May 2010 during the band's visit to Hansa Studios to mark the 20th anniversary of Achtung Baby. Also included is a Q&A with Bono, The Edge, and Davis Guggenheim filmed at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2011.
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Brian Eno 1971–1977: The Man Who Fell To Earth
Title: Brian Eno 1971–1977: The Man Who Fell To Earth
Released: May 17, 2011
Type: Movie
Musician, composer, producer, music theorist, singer and visual artist; probably best known for his early work with Roxy Music, his production duties for U2 & Coldplay, and as one of the principal innovators of ambient music. This documentary film – the first ever about Eno – explores his life, career and music between the years 1971 & 1977, the period that some view as his golden age. Featuring numerous exclusive interviews, contributions from a range of musicians, writers, collaborators and friends – plus performance and studio film and an abundance of the most exceptional music ever created.
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Ride, Rise, Roar
Title: Ride, Rise, Roar
Character: Self
Released: January 21, 2011
Type: Movie
David Byrne is a visual artist as well as a musician, and ever since his early days as a member of Talking Heads, he's wanted his concerts to be more than just a static performance. In 1984, Byrne and filmmaker Jonathan Demme redefined the boundaries of the concert film with the Talking Heads documentary STOP MAKING SENSE, and more than 25 years later Byrne has teamed up with David Hillman to create RIDE, RISE, ROAR, which documents Byrne's 2008-2009 concert tour, in which he performs new material written in collaboration with Brian Eno as well as favorites from his solo career as well as his tenure in Talking Heads. Using costumes and inventive choreography, Byrne and his musicians and dancers give his music a stage presentation as exciting as the music.
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U2360° Tour: Squaring The Circle
Title: U2360° Tour: Squaring The Circle
Character: Self
Released: July 5, 2010
Type: Movie
Squaring The Circle is the exclusive behind the scenes look at the U2360˚ World Tour
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Brian Eno: Another Green World
Title: Brian Eno: Another Green World
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 2010
Type: Movie
The master of reinvention engages with fellow influential minds, including Richard Dawkins, Malcolm Gladwell, David Whittaker and Steve Lillywhite, in a series of conversations on science, art, systems analysis, producing and cybernetics
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Roxy Music: More Than This - The Story of Roxy Music
Title: Roxy Music: More Than This - The Story of Roxy Music
Character: Self
Released: October 20, 2009
Type: Movie
Roxy Music's unique blend of avant-garde rock music and high style set the tone for the whole glam rock era. They were much imitated but never equaled. This DVD tells the story of Roxy Music through new interviews with band members Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay, Paul Thompson, Brian Eno and Eddie Jobson plus many of their contemporaries. The program covers their early years, the classic seventies albums, their re-emergence with a much smoother style in the early eighties, the band's break up and then their hugely successful reunion in the 21st century. Originally broadcast by the BBC in late 2008, the DVD contains nearly half an hour of additional unseen material plus three bonus, previously unreleased live tracks.
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In The Ocean – A Film About the Classical Avant Garde
Title: In The Ocean – A Film About the Classical Avant Garde
Released: June 3, 2009
Type: Movie
A brief overview and focus on composers Philip Glass, Julia Wolfe, John Cage, Steve Reich, Elliott Carter and their contemporaries.
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Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Title: Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Character: Self
Released: April 27, 2007
Type: Movie
A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.
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Title: The Colbert Report
Released: October 17, 2005
Type: TV
The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. It satirizes conservative personality-driven political pundit programs, particularly Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits. The Colbert Report has been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards each in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, two Television Critics Association Awards Awards, and two Satellite Awards. In 2013, it won two Emmys. It has been presented as non-satirical journalism in several instances, including by the Tom DeLay Legal Defense Trust and by Robert Wexler following his interview on the program. The Report received considerable media coverage following its debut on October 17, 2005, for Colbert's coining of the term "truthiness", which dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster named its 2006 Word of the Year.
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Roxy Music: Inside 1972-1974
Title: Roxy Music: Inside 1972-1974
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 2004
Type: Movie
An incisive documentary of how Roxy Music hit the ground with four albums in two years.
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David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Title: David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Character: Self
Released: November 12, 2003
Type: Movie
A documentary, which takes you on a journey of Bowie's revolutionary career, struggle with his personal life and his achievements and successes. Features interviews with Bowie, Iman his wife, his musical contemporaries including Iggy Pop, Moby and Trent Reznor. Exclusive footage of live performances of the showman's best and music and film to showcase 30 years of his career. Highlights Bowie's interests, passions and involvement with the arts.
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Title: Timeshift
Character: self
Released: October 10, 2002
Type: TV
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.
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1 Giant Leap
Title: 1 Giant Leap
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 2002
Type: Movie
1 Giant Leap is a concept band and media project consisting of the two principal artists, Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman. This is the film part of their first project. The result is a flowing, loose-knit tapestry of imagery, interviews, and diverse performances. Gathering material from 25 countries and dozens of famous and not-so-famous musicians, authors, celebrities, spiritualists, philosophers, and unique individuals from nearly every cultural background, this enveloping DVD is best enjoyed as a soothing audiovisual odyssey (select "loop mode" for continuous play!). Assembling this cornucopia by theme (Time, Inspiration, Sex, God, Death, etc.), Bridgeman and Catto function as co-composers with an astonishing array of collaborators, giving 1 Giant Leap its richly international (and some might say inter-spiritual) identity. The result is a far-reaching glimpse of our world through the eyes of those who improve it by their musical presence. --Jeff Shannon
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Free Will And Testament: The Robert Wyatt Story
Title: Free Will And Testament: The Robert Wyatt Story
Released: November 4, 2001
Type: Movie
Robert Wyatt is one of the best-kept secrets of contemporary British music. Drummer and vocalist in Soft Machine which played with Hendrix and Pink Floyd in their heyday, he split from the group in the late 1960s and started recording solo albums. A fall from a window left Wyatt confined to a wheelchair, but he continued recording, even in hospital. His most well-known song is probably Shipbuilding, a protest against the Falklands war written for him by Elvis Costello, while his 1997 album Schleep won acclaim as one of the best albums of the past 10 years. In addition to performance footage of the famously retiring musician, the documentary contains interviews with John Peel, Brian Eno, Annie Whitehead, Alfie and Robert Wyatt himself.
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Roxy Music Musikladen 1973
Title: Roxy Music Musikladen 1973
Character: Self - keyboards
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Roxy Music performing live on the Musikladen TV Show in May 1973, Bremen, Germany. Songs: Virginia Plain / Do The Strand / Edition of You / In Every Dream Home / Remake Remodel / Street Life / Pyjamarama / Mother Of Pearl / Amazona / Psalm / All I Want Is You / Out Of The Blue / If It Takes All Night / Over You / Oh Yeah
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Anton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven
Title: Anton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven
Character: Self
Released: March 30, 2000
Type: Movie
Documentary about the life and works of Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn.
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Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree
Title: Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree
Character: Self
Released: February 5, 1999
Type: Movie
Release in March 1987, U2's The Joshua Tree quickly became the fastest-selling album in British chart history, selling almost 250,000 copies within the first week of release. In the US, it was equally successful, topping the Billboard album chart for nine weeks, spending 58 weeks in the Top 40 there and earning a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The story of the making of The Joshua Tree is told here, via interview and archive film footage, with contributions from band members Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. U2’s long-time manager Paul McGuinness reveals how the album catapulted the band into the category of rock superstars, and there are contributions from Elvis Costello in the role of a major U2 fan, re-mix producer Steve Lillywhite, and of course co-producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. Packed with reminiscences and powerful performances, this is the story of one of the most famous and best records of the Eighties, a true Classic Album.
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Title: Classic Albums
Character: Self
Released: April 14, 1997
Type: TV
A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.
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Pavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia
Title: Pavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia
Character: Himself
Released: September 12, 1995
Type: Movie
Pavarotti And Friends Together For Children Of Bosnia
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Title: Father Ted
Character: Father Brian Eno
Released: April 21, 1995
Type: TV
A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Title: The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Character: Self
Released: March 6, 1995
Type: Movie
The history of rock n' roll and pop music are explored are explored via interviews and footage of well-known music stars.
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Words for the Dying
Title: Words for the Dying
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
An 80-minute documentary following John Cale and Brian Eno in Moscow, London, and Wales during the creation of the album "Words for the Dying."
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Brian Eno:  Imaginary Landscapes
Title: Brian Eno: Imaginary Landscapes
Released: February 12, 1989
Type: Movie
Here’s an interesting and extremely rare documentary from 1989, which features legendary producer and multimedia artist Brian Eno discussing his process and his thoughts on music in general.
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The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
Title: The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
Released: September 3, 1986
Type: Movie
Two Moon July was a multidisciplinary event that featured experimental video, film, visual art, performance and music in a theatrical framework. More than thirty artists participated in the program, which was produced for the Kitchen by Carlota Schoolman and directed by Tom Bowes.
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Oblique Strategist Too
Title: Oblique Strategist Too
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Oblique Strategist Too is a multilayered, tangential portrait of composer Brian Eno, and an evocative essay on the creative process. Eno's perspectives on his music and working methods surface elliptically, through interviews and footage of him in the studio and in lectures. Eno emerges as a meticulous musician, articulate critic, and, ultimately, an inscrutable personality. The tape's title is taken from a set of cards bearing aphorisms, which Eno uses as a random element of advice in his working process. Velez uses intricate audio and video effects to heighten the elusive nature of Eno's music and character. He begins the tape with a quote from Heraclitus: "The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself" a paradox that eminently suits his subject matter.
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Title: Question Time
Character: Self - Panellist
Released: September 25, 1979
Type: TV
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.
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Roxette
Title: Roxette
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Documentary profiling young Roxy Music fans. They talk about the band and the music, are seen out and about in Manchester, they prepare for a concert at the Opera House. Includes footage of a tribute band, who, due to a lack of musical instruments, use household appliances to make music.
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Eno
Title: Eno
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
About the English musician, composer, record producer, singer, writer, and visual artist, Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, made shortly after his departure from Roxy Music. Featuring the recording sessions for Eno's record "Here Come the Warm Jets". A long lost documentary.