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David Byrne

Born: 1952-05-14

From: Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK

About: 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.


Film credits:

Social! Distance Dance Club
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Stop Making Sense
Self - Vocals, Guitar
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True Stories
Narrator / Lip-Syncher
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Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
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Heavy Petting
Self
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Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th
Self - Host/Interviewer
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Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
Self (archive footage)
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Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Self
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Paul Simon: Under African Skies
Self
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Dead End Kids
Minister
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Twyla Moves
Self
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This Must Be the Place
David Byrne
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The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
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Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
Self
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Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
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Lulu on the Bridge
"Laughing Man" Escort
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Between the Teeth
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Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
Self
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The Making of True Stories
Self
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The Man Who Bottled Clouds
Self
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Ride, Rise, Roar
Self
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Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime
Self
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Fabricating Tom Zé
Self
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Beyond Ipanema
Self
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Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
Self - Voice
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Celia: The Queen
Self
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Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th
Self
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The Pogues Live at the Town and Country
Self
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Talking Heads - Chronology
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Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Self
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Lennon or McCartney
Self
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David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas
Self
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Contemporary Color
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The Blank Generation
Self
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Talking Heads: Live in Rome
Self - Vocals, guitar
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Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
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TV Party
Self
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Wandering Heart
Self
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10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged
Self
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25 Years of Punk
Self
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We're Gonna Die
David Byrne
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Museum Town
Self
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Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Self
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John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
David Byrne
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Lubbock Lights
Self
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Dancing Barefoot
Self
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Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
Self
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Everything For All Reasons
Self
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Decade
Self
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David Byrne's American Utopia
Self - Lead Singer & Performer
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Checking Out
Bartender
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By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
Self
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David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
Self
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Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Self
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The Art of Amália
Introduction (English version)
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La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
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FeeLee. History of a Single Label
Self
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Hream
David Byrne
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David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
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Temporary Color
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Summer of Love
Self
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Triple-Chaser
Narrator
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NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
Self (archive footage)
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New York Rock at the BBC
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Beleza Tropical
Self
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Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
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Dennis Cleveland
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Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé
Self (archive footage)
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SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self
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Report From L.A.
Himself
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Real Life
Narrator / Self
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Monk in Pieces
Self
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We Want the Funk!
Self
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Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
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PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th
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The Twits
Gordon Sniffles (voice)
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Changing Lanes
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