- Known For
- Sound
- Born
- May 15, 1948
- Place of Birth
- Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, UK
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer, and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music. Eno was a student of Roy Ascott on his Groundcourse at Ipswich Civic College. Then he studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex, England, taking inspiration from minimalist painting. He joined the band Roxy Music as synthesiser player in the early 1970s. Roxy Music's success in the glam rock scene came quickly, but Eno soon tired of touring and of conflicts with lead singer Bryan Ferry. Eno's solo music has explored more experimental musical styles and ambient music. It has also been extremely influential, pioneering ambient and generative music, innovating production techniques, and emphasising "theory over practice". Eno pursues multimedia ventures in parallel to his music career, i…
Filmography
movieOK MR BRUCE
2026 · Himself
movieSnow
2026 · Music
movieTogether for Palestine
2025 · Self, Producer
movieDaedalus
2024 · Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
movieDEVO
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieEno
2024 · Self, Original Music Composer
movieBrian Eno & Roger Eno: Live at the Acropolis, Athens
2023 · Self, Music
movieCAN and Me
2022 · Self
movieRoxy Music and Bryan Ferry at the BBC
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieWe Are As Gods
2022 · Self, Original Music Composer
movieIthaka
2022 · Music
movieWood and Water
2022 · Music
movieThe Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Original Music Composer
movieECHO: The Music of Harold Budd and Brian Eno
2020
movieThe SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
2019 · Original Music Composer
movie2025: The Long Hot Winter
2019 · Radio presenter
tvTop Boy
2019 · Original Music Composer
movieRams
2018 · Music
movieColdplay: A Head Full of Dreams
2018 · Self
movieBy This River
2018 · Music
movie492: A Man Called Death
2017 · Music
movieHi Stranger
2017 · Music
tvSoundbreaking
2016 · Self
movieLate Anthropocene
2016 · Music
movieSlowdive: Souvlaki
2015 · Himself (Archival Footage)
movieMe and Earl and the Dying Girl
2015 · Original Music Composer
100 Years - Armenian Genocide
movie100 Years - Armenian Genocide
2015 · Music
movieWe Are Many
2014 · Self, Musician
movieWhat Difference Does It Make?
2014 · Self
movieThe Lost World
2013 · Music
movieDavid Bowie: Five Years
2013 · Self
movieLaylou
2012 · Music
movieThe British Guide to Showing Off
2011
tvTop Boy
2011 · Original Music Composer
movieU2: From the Sky Down
2011 · Self
movieBrian Eno 1971–1977: The Man Who Fell To Earth
2011
movieRide, Rise, Roar
2011 · Self
movieU2360° Tour: Squaring The Circle
2010 · Self
Brian Eno: Another Green World
movieBrian Eno: Another Green World
2010 · Self
movieThe Lovely Bones
2009 · Original Music Composer
movieRoxy Music: More Than This - The Story of Roxy Music
2009 · Self
movieLinear
2009 · Original Music Composer
movieRoxy Music - The Thrill of It All: A Visual History 1972-1982
2008 · self
movieScott Walker: 30 Century Man
2007 · Self
movieThe Pervert's Guide to Cinema
2006 · Original Music Composer
Mein Freund, der Mörder
movieMein Freund, der Mörder
2006 · Music
movie14 Video Paintings
2005 · Music, Director
tvThe Colbert Report
2005
movieThe Jacket
2005 · Original Music Composer
movieRoxy Music: Inside 1972-1974
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieClean
2004 · Original Music Composer
movieDavid Bowie - Sound and Vision
2003 · Self
moviePoem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
2003 · Additional Soundtrack
movieFear X
2003 · Original Music Composer
tvTimeshift
2002 · self
movie1 Giant Leap
2002 · Self
Free Will And Testament: The Robert Wyatt Story
movieFree Will And Testament: The Robert Wyatt Story
2001
movie2001 and Beyond
2001 · Music
movieIn the Ocean
2001
movieRoxy Music Musikladen 1973
2001 · Self - keyboards
movieShadowman
2001 · Music
Mon Paradis - Der Winterpalast
movieMon Paradis - Der Winterpalast
2001 · Music
tvClick
2000 · Self
movieAnton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven
2000 · Self
movieBuddy Boy
2000 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Million Dollar Hotel
2000 · Music
movieSimon, the Magician
1999 · Original Music Composer
movieClassic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree
1999 · Self
movieMusic for Airports
1999 · Music
tvHow Buildings Learn
1997 · Music
tvClassic Albums
1997 · Self
tvNeverwhere
1996 · Original Music Composer
movieDavid Bowie: The Making of "1.Outside"
1995 · Self
movieGhost in the Shell
1995 · Songs
moviePavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia
1995 · Self
movieThe Pillow Book
1995 · Original Music Composer
tvFather Ted
1995 · Father Brian Eno
movieGlitterbug
1994 · Music
movieOne Eno
1993 · Self
tvMr. Wroe's Virgins
1993 · Music
movieWords for the Dying
1993 · Himself
movieFor All Mankind
1989 · Music
movieBrian Eno: Imaginary Landscapes
1989 · , Music
movieOpera
1987 · Original Music Composer
Dolphins
movieDolphins
1987 · Music
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
movieThe Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1986 · , Music
movieA Few Things I Know About Miami
1986 · Music
movieThe Creation of the Universe
1985 · Sound
movieDune
1984 · Original Music Composer
movieSoldiers in Hiding
1984 · Music
tvMiami Vice
1984 · Songs
movieThursday Afternoon
1984 · Director, Music
movieFrevel
1984 · Original Music Composer
movieOblique Strategist Too
1984 · Himself
movieHow the Frog’s Eye Sees
1984 · Music Consultant
movieThe Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
1983 · Additional Music
movieHans, Life Before Death
1983 · Music
movieRemembrance
1982 · Music, Original Music Composer
movieThe Falls
1982 · Additional Music
movieThis Woman Is Not a Car
1982 · Music
Riverside
tvRiverside
1982 · Self
Kold ensomhet
movieKold ensomhet
1982 · Music
movieMea Culpa
1981 · Music
movieMistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan
1981 · Director, Music
movieAmerica Is Waiting
1981 · Music
Candy Store
movieCandy Store
1981 · Original Music Composer
movieTranscending Mirror Boundaries
1981 · Music
movieEgon Schiele: Excess and Punishment
1980 · Music
tvQuestion Time
1979 · Self - Panellist
movieBrutal Ardour
1978 · Music
movieRoxette
1978 · Self (archive footage)
movieShort Letter to the Long Goodbye
1978 · Music
movieJubilee
1978 · Original Music Composer
movieAlternative 3
1977 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Machine-Men
1977 · Music
movieSebastiane
1976 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Devil's Men
1976 · Original Music Composer
movieResistance
1976 · Self, Music
movieEno
1973 · Self
movieBerlin Horse
1970 · Music
tvOmnibus
1967 · Self
movieArticle 12
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movieLittle Red Robin Hood
— · Self, Music
movieThe Kumbha Mela: Same As It Ever Was
— · Music
Zucchero: Luciano Pavarotti & Friends - Together for the Children of Bosnia
movieZucchero: Luciano Pavarotti & Friends - Together for the Children of Bosnia
— · Director