David Byrne

Sound

Biography

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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Byrne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography 103

Movies (84)

Changing Lanes
2026
Self
The Twits
2025
Gordon Sniffles (voice)
Monk in Pieces
2025
Self
We Want the Funk!
2025
Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Self
Eno
2024
Self
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário
2023
Self (archive footage)
Social! Distance Dance Club
2021
Twyla Moves
2021
Self
David Byrne's American Utopia
2020
Self - Lead Singer & Performer
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
2020
Self
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
2019
David Byrne
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
2019
Self - Voice
Everything For All Reasons
2019
Self
Triple-Chaser
2019
Narrator
Hream
2019
David Byrne
Museum Town
2019
Self
Real Life
2018
Narrator / Self
The Making of True Stories
2018
Self
David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
2018
Self
Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
2017
Self
Contemporary Color
2016
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016
Self
Temporary Color
2016
We're Gonna Die
2015
David Byrne
Lennon or McCartney
2014
Self
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
2013
Self (archive footage)
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
Self
La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
2012

Biography

Filmography 103

Movies (84)

Shows (19)