David Byrne
Born
14 May 1952 (73)
Place of Birth
Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Also known as
Talking Heads
Biography
David Byrne (/bɜːrn/; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads. Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with various media, including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. He has received an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, a Special Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award, and he is an inductee to the Rock and Roll...
David Byrne (/bɜːrn/; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads. Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with various media, including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. He has received an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, a Special Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award, and he is an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Talking Heads. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Byrne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (40)
The Twits
2025
Monk in Pieces
2025
We Want the Funk!
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário
2023
Social! Distance Dance Club
2021
Twyla Moves
2021
David Byrne's American Utopia
2020
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
2020
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
2019
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
2019
Everything For All Reasons
2019
Triple-Chaser
2019
Hream
2019
Museum Town
2019
The Making of True Stories
2018
Real Life
2018
David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
2018
Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
2017
Contemporary Color
2016
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016
Temporary Color
2016
We're Gonna Die
2015
Lennon or McCartney
2014
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
2013
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
2012
Talking Heads - Chronology
2011
This Must Be the Place
2011
Ride, Rise, Roar
2011
Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
2009
Beyond Ipanema
2009
Wandering Heart
2009
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
2008
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
2008
New York Rock at the BBC
2008
Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
2008
Celia: The Queen
2008