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| Film credits |
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| 5 POSTCARDS FROM CAPITAL CITIES | 1967 | director; screenplay |
| REVOLUTION | 1968 | director |
| INTERVALS | 1973 | director |
| WINDOWS | 1974 | director |
| DEAR PHONE | 1976 | director; producer; screenplay; photography; sound recording |
| H IS FOR HOUSE | 1976 | director |
| GOOLE BY NUMBERS | 1976 | director; screenplay |
| WATER WRACKETS | 1978 | director |
| VERTICAL FEATURES REMAKE | 1978 | director; producer (uncredited); screenplay (uncredited); photography (uncredited); editor (uncredited); |
| A WALK THROUGH H | 1978 | director (uncredited); screenplay (uncredited); editor (uncredited); production designer (uncredited); maps |
| THE FALLS | 1980 | director; screenplay; editor |
| THE PLEDGE | 1981 | editor |
| THE EXILE | 1981 | director |
| INSIGHT - TERENCE CONRAN | 1981 | director |
| THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT | 1982 | director; screenplay |
| MAKING A SPLASH | 1984 | director |
| A ZED & TWO NOUGHTS | UK/Netherlands, 1985 | director; screenplay |
| THE BELLY OF AN ARCHITECT | UK/Italy, 1987 | director; screenplay |
| DROWNING BY NUMBERS | UK/Netherlands, 1988 | director; screenplay |
| FEAR OF DROWNING | 1988 | director; screenplay; presenter |
| THE COOK THE THIEF HIS WIFE & HER LOVER | UK/France, 1989 | director; screenplay |
| LES MORTS DE LA SEINE / DEATH IN THE SEINE | France/UK, 1989 | director |
| HUBERT BALS HANDSHAKE | 1989 | director; screenplay; narrator |
| PROSPERO'S BOOKS | Netherlands/France/UK, 1991 | director; screenplay |
| ROSA | Belgium, 1992 | director |
| PETER GREENAWAY | Germany, 1992 | director |
| A WALK THROUGH PROSPERO'S LIBRARY | 1992 | director |
| THE BABY OF MÂCON | UK/Netherlands/Germany, 1993 | director; screenplay |
| STAIRS 1 GENEVA | Switzerland, 1995 | director; screenplay |
| THE PILLOW BOOK | Netherlands/France/UK, 1995 | director; screenplay; editor |
| LUMIÈRE ET COMPAGNIE | France/Spain, 1995 | director |
| 8½ WOMEN | Netherlands/UK, 1999 | director; screenplay |
| ROSA THE DEATH OF A COMPOSER | Netherlands, 1999 | director; libretto |
| THE TULSE LUPER SUITCASES A LIFE HISTORY IN 16 EPISODES: Part 1 Moab Story | UK/Luxembourg/Spain, 2003 | director; screenplay |
| THE TULSE LUPER SUITCASES A LIFE HISTORY IN 16 EPISODES: Part 2 Vaux to the Sea | UK/Luxembourg/Spain, 2004 | director |
| THE TULSE LUPER SUITCASES A LIFE HISTORY IN 16 EPISODES: Part 3 From Sark to Finish | Netherlands/UK/Italy, 2004 | director; screenplay |
| VISIONS OF EUROPE | Denmark/Germany, 2004 | director |
| THE TULSE LUPER SUITCASES A LIFE HISTORY IN 16 EPISODES: A Life in Suitcases | Netherlands/Spain/Luxembourg, 2005 | director; screenplay |
| NIGHTWATCHING | Netherlands/Canada, 2006 | director |
| REMBRANDT'S J'ACCUSE | Netherlands/Germany, 2008 | director; screenplay / public prosecutor |
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| Television credits |
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| TAKE SIX: Act of God: Some Lightning Experiences 1961-80 | ITV tx 15/10/1981 | director; script |
| 4 AMERICAN COMPOSERS | Channel 4 tx 31/3-22/4/1984 (4 pts) | director |
| SATURDAY REVIEW | BBC2 tx 16/11/1985 | interviewee |
| 26 BATHROOMS | Channel 4 tx 23/2/1986 | director |
| SATURDAY REVIEW | BBC2 tx 28/3/1987 | interviewee |
| NEWSNIGHT | BBC2 tx 18/5/1987 | interviewee |
| FILM 87 SPECIAL: The Cannes Film Festival | BBC1 tx 20/5/1987 | interviewee |
| A TV DANTE: Canto 5 | Channel 4 tx 25/5/1987 | director |
| FILM 88 | BBC1 tx 5/9/1988 | interviewee |
| THE LATE SHOW | BBC2 tx 19/10/1989 | subject of item |
| A TV DANTE | Channel 4 tx 29/7-1/8/1990 (4 pts) | director |
| FILM 91 SPECIAL: The Cannes Film Festival | BBC1 tx 22/5/1991 | interviewee |
| WITHOUT WALLS: Art is Dead... Long Live TV! | Channel 4 tx 2/7/1991 | guest |
| OMNIBUS: Peter Greenaway: Anatomy of a Film-Maker | BBC1 tx 13/9/1991 | interviewee |
| NOT MOZART: M is for Man, Music, Mozart | BBC2 tx 3/11/1991 | director; script |
| [GENII]: Darwin / THEY CHANGED THE WORLD: Darwin | Channel 4 tx 22/12/1992 | director; script |
| FILM 93 SPECIAL: Barry Norman at the Cannes Film Festival | BBC1 tx 26/5/1993 | interviewee |
| THE LATE SHOW | BBC2 tx 23/9/1993 | interviewee |
| MOVING PICTURES | BBC2 tx 27/3/1994 | interviewee |
| FILM 96 | BBC1 tx 28/10/1996 | interviewee |
| FILM EDUCATION: TV16: Screening Shakespeare | BBC2 tx 4/3/1997 | interviewee |
| A SPLICE OF LIFE: 15 YEARS OF FILM ON FOUR | Channel 4 tx 25/12/1997 | interviewee |
| LE CINÉMA BRITANNIQUE AUJOURD'HUI: La Tradition des Francs-Tireurs | Arté (France) tx. 26/4/1999 | interviewee |