Birthday: May 14, 1952
David Byrne, a true renaissance man, has been the leader of an intellectual new wave rock-band Talking Heads, an actor, a filmmaker, screenwriter, and composer of musical scores. Born in Dumbarton, Scotland, he was raised in Baltimore after moving to the U.S. at the age of seven. As a young man, he studied photography, performance and video production at the Rhode Island School of Design and the ...more- 1987
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Original Score
- The Last Emperor
- win
- 1987
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Score
- The Last Emperor
- win
- 1986
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association
- Best Music Score
- The Last Emperor
- win
- 1986
- Independent Spirit Awards
- Best First Feature
- True Stories
- nom
- 1989
- Checking Out
- Barkeeper
- 1989
- Saturday Night Live: Woody Harrelson (1)
- Musical Guest
- 1986
- True Stories
- Narrator
- 1984
- Stop Making Sense
- Lead Vocals/Guitar
- 2005
- Duck
- Featured Music
- 2003
- Young Adam
- Composer (Music Score)
- 1998
- The Book of Life
- Composer (Music Score)
- 1995
- The Limits of Thermal Time Travelling
- Editor
- 1991
- Merci La Vie
- Composer (Music Score)












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