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Nick De Grunwald

EN, NL cinema · 40 credits

Born

28 July 1945

Died

17 August 2019 (aged 74)

Birthplace

Reading, Berkshire, England, UK

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.

Known for

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Classic Albums: Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair poster

Classic Albums: Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair

EN · 20207.5

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Classic Albums: The Chirping Crickets poster

Classic Albums: The Chirping Crickets

EN · 20197.2

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Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock poster

Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock

EN · 2019Not rated

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Buddy Holly: Rave On poster

Buddy Holly: Rave On

EN · 20177.5

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The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds poster

The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

EN · 20177.6

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The Everly Brothers: Harmonies From Heaven poster

The Everly Brothers: Harmonies From Heaven

EN · 20168.7

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Neil Sedaka: King of Song poster

Neil Sedaka: King of Song

EN · 2014Not rated

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Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So poster

Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So

EN · 20125.6

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Classic Albums: Primal Scream - Screamadelica poster

Classic Albums: Primal Scream - Screamadelica

EN · 20116.7

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Classic Albums: Rush - 2112 & Moving Pictures poster

Classic Albums: Rush - 2112 & Moving Pictures

EN · 20105.6

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Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes poster

Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes

EN · 20106.3

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Classic Albums: Black Sabbath - Paranoid poster

Classic Albums: Black Sabbath - Paranoid

EN · 20107.1

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Somebody Told Me About Carla Bruni poster

Somebody Told Me About Carla Bruni

EN · 2009Not rated

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Madeleine Peyroux - Somethin' Grand poster

Madeleine Peyroux - Somethin' Grand

EN · 2009Not rated

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Classic Albums: Duran Duran - Rio poster

Classic Albums: Duran Duran - Rio

EN · 20086.9

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Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland poster

Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland

EN · 20088.2

Executive Producer

Screamers poster

Screamers

EN · 20064.2

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Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera poster

Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera

EN · 20066.5

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Classic Albums: Cream - Disraeli Gears poster

Classic Albums: Cream - Disraeli Gears

EN · 20065.9

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Moby: Go - A Film About Moby poster

Moby: Go - A Film About Moby

EN · 20069.0

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Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind poster

Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind

EN · 20057.0

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Classic Albums: Motörhead - Ace of Spades poster

Classic Albums: Motörhead - Ace of Spades

EN · 20057.1

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James Brown: Soul Survivor poster

James Brown: Soul Survivor

EN · 20037.7

Executive Producer

Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon poster

Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon

EN · 20037.3

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Classic Albums: Deep Purple - Machine Head poster

Classic Albums: Deep Purple - Machine Head

EN · 20026.2

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Classic Albums: Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols poster

Classic Albums: Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols

EN · 20027.4

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Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road poster

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

EN · 20016.9

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The UB40: Story of Reggae poster

The UB40: Story of Reggae

NL · 2001Not rated

Executive Producer

Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica poster

Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica

EN · 20016.3

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Classic Albums: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast poster

Classic Albums: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

EN · 20017.0

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Classic Albums: Judas Priest - British Steel poster

Classic Albums: Judas Priest - British Steel

EN · 20016.2

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Classic Albums: The Who - Who's Next poster

Classic Albums: The Who - Who's Next

EN · 19997.5

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Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value poster

Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value

EN · 19997.0

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Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja poster

Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja

EN · 19996.6

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Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree poster

Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree

EN · 19996.5

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Tom's Midnight Garden poster

Tom's Midnight Garden

EN · 19996.1

Co-Producer

Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell poster

Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

EN · 19997.9

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Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty poster

Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty

EN · 19976.8

Executive Producer

Classic Albums: Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life poster

Classic Albums: Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life

EN · 19978.5

Executive Producer

The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper poster

The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper

EN · 19927.2

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