Nick De Grunwald
Born: 1945-07-28 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Died: 2019-08-17
Known For: Production
Biography
Nick de Grunwald, Managing Director of 1515 Productions, is the son and nephew of renowned UK movie producers Dimitri and Anatole de Grunwald, who produced such films as The Millionairess, The Yellow Rolls Royce, The V.I.P.s, The Winslow Boy, The Way to The Stars and The Demi-Paradise. 1515 Productions(formerly Isis Productions) is a company which specialises in high quality music films. The first music film Nick produced was the award-winning 'The Making of Sgt Pepper' about The Beatles' iconic album. Subsequently he created Classic Albums, which is widely regarded as one of the greatest music documentary series of all time. Now entering production of its sixth series, Classic Albums has included films on albums by Pink Floyd, Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Paul Simon, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, U2, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Lou Reed, Sex Pistols, Steely Dan, Nirvana, Queen, Cream, Frank Zappa, John Lennon, The Doors, and Jay-Z. Nick has put together other productions, often involving major television stations in America and around the world, and worldwide distribution companies: these include PBS, NHK, ZDF, Arte, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, Sky, Universal, Warner Music Vision, Eagle Rock and EMI. His productions include: Yusuf, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens; Soul Survivor - The James Brown Story; Ray Davies - The World From My Window; Barry White - Let The Music Play; Pet Shop Boys - A Life in Pop; More Than This -The Roxy Music Story; Go - A film about Moby; The Life & Death of Marvin Gaye; All I Want - A Portrait of Rufus Wainwright; Juanes - A Musical Journey; System Of A Down - Screamers; Bryan Ferry - Dylanesque Live and Tom's Midnight Garden - children's feature film, Co-producer.
Filmography
2020
- Classic Albums: Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair ... (Producer)
2019
- Classic Albums: The Chirping Crickets ... (Producer)
- Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock ... (Producer)
2017
- Buddy Holly: Rave On ... (Producer)
- The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds ... (Producer)
2016
- The Everly Brothers: Harmonies From Heaven ... (Producer)
2012
- Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So ... (Producer)
2011
- Classic Albums: Primal Scream - Screamadelica ... (Producer)
2010
- Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes ... (Producer)
- Classic Albums: Black Sabbath - Paranoid ... (Producer)
- Classic Albums: Rush - 2112 & Moving Pictures ... (Producer)
2009
- Madeleine Peyroux - Somethin' Grand ... (Producer)
- Somebody Told Me About Carla Bruni ... (Producer)
2008
- Classic Albums: Duran Duran - Rio ... (Producer)
- What's Going On: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye ... (Producer)
2006
- Screamers ... (Producer)
- Classic Albums: Cream - Disraeli Gears ... (Producer)
- Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera ... (Producer)
- Moby: Go - A Film About Moby ... (Producer)
2005
- Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind ... (Producer)
- Classic Albums: Motörhead - Ace of Spades ... (Producer)
2003
- Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon ... (Producer)
- James Brown: Soul Survivor ... (Executive Producer)
2002
- Classic Albums: Deep Purple - Machine Head ... (Producer)
- Classic Albums: Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols ... (Producer)
2001
- Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road ... (Producer)
- Classic Albums: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast ... (Producer)
- Classic Albums: Judas Priest - British Steel ... (Producer)
- Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica ... (Producer)
- The UB40: Story of Reggae ... (Executive Producer)
1999
- Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree ... (Producer)
- Tom's Midnight Garden ... (Co-Producer)
- Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value ... (Producer)
- Classic Albums: The Who - Who's Next ... (Producer)
- Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja ... (Producer)
- Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell ... (Producer)
1997
- Classic Albums ... (Producer)
- Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty ... (Executive Producer)
- Classic Albums: Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life ... (Executive Producer)
1992
- The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper ... (Producer)