Nick De Grunwald
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- July 28, 1945
- Died
- August 17, 2019 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Biography
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
Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
Classic Albums: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Tom's Midnight Garden
Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica
Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera
Classic Albums: Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value
Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree
Classic Albums: Deep Purple - Machine Head
Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So
Filmography
Classic Albums: Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: The Chirping Crickets
Movie · Producer
Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock
Movie · Producer
Buddy Holly: Rave On
Movie · Producer
The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds
Movie · Producer
The Everly Brothers: Harmonies From Heaven
Movie · Producer
Neil Sedaka: King of Song
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: Rush - 2112 & Moving Pictures
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
Movie · Producer
Somebody Told Me About Carla Bruni
Movie · Producer
Madeleine Peyroux - Somethin' Grand
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: Duran Duran - Rio
Movie · Producer
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
Movie · Executive Producer
Screamers
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: Cream - Disraeli Gears
Movie · Producer
Moby: Go - A Film About Moby
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: Motörhead - Ace of Spades
Movie · Producer
James Brown: Soul Survivor
Movie · Executive Producer
Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: Deep Purple - Machine Head
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
Movie · Producer
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Movie · Producer
The UB40: Story of Reggae
Movie · Executive Producer
Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: Judas Priest - British Steel
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: The Who - Who's Next
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
Movie · Producer
Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree
Movie · Producer
Tom's Midnight Garden
Movie · Co-Producer
Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Movie · Producer
Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty
Movie · Executive Producer
Classic Albums: Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life
Movie · Executive Producer
Classic Albums
TV · Producer · 7 eps
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Movie · Producer