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David Byrne
Born May 14, 1952 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK19 films
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.
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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.
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First watchStop Making Sense19848.3A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
19 films- TBADavid Byrne: Who Is The Sky?Music
- 2026MuskSongs
- 2025The TwitsSongs
- 2023John Mulaney: Baby JMusician
- 2022Everything Everywhere All at OnceSongs
- 2020David Byrne's American UtopiaMusic
- 2016Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected WorldMusician
- 2011This Must Be the PlaceOriginal Music Composer
- 2008The VanguardOriginal Music Composer
- 2003Young AdamOriginal Music Composer
- 2002In Spite of Wishing and WantingMusic
- 1988Married to the MobOriginal Music Composer
- 1987The Last EmperorOriginal Music Composer
- 1986Something WildMain Title Theme Composer
- 1986True StoriesSongs
- 1984Stop Making SenseOriginal Music Composer
- 1982The Catherine WheelMusic
- 1981Mea CulpaMusic
- 1981America Is WaitingMusic