David Byrne
Sound
Born 1952-05-14 · Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
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.
Known for
Stop Making Sense
1984 · Movie
David Byrne's American Utopia
2020 · Movie
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Movie
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
2019 · Movie
The Pogues Live at the Town and Country
2004 · Movie
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
2007 · Movie
Ride, Rise, Roar
2011 · Movie
Lubbock Lights
2003 · Movie
Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
1980 · Movie
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
2002 · Movie
Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
2017 · Movie
10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged
1993 · Movie
Decade
1989 · Movie
TV Party
2005 · Movie
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
1988 · Movie
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
1998 · Movie
The Art of Amália
2000 · Movie
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012 · Movie
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
2019 · Movie
Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
2009 · Movie
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009 · Movie
Monk in Pieces
2025 · Movie
By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
2006 · Movie
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016 · Movie
25 Years of Punk
2001 · Movie
Twyla Moves
2021 · Movie
Changing Lanes
2026 · Movie
Talking Heads: 77
— · Movie
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990 · Movie
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário
2023 · Movie
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
2008 · Movie
Museum Town
2019 · Movie
Celia: The Queen
2008 · Movie
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
2013 · Movie
David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas
2007 · Movie
David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
2018 · Movie
Report From L.A.
1986 · Movie
Beyond Ipanema
2009 · Movie
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
2020 · Movie
Temporary Color
2016 · Movie
Dennis Cleveland
2004 · Movie
Hream
2019 · Movie
Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
1981 · Movie
Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime
1984 · Movie
Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th
1998 · Movie
PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th
1998 · Movie
Triple-Chaser
2019 · Movie
Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
1982 · Movie
David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
2003 · Movie
David Byrne - Live From Teatro Gran Rex
1998 · Movie
This Must Be the Place
2011 · Movie
New York Rock at the BBC
2008 · Movie
Eno
2024 · Movie
We're Gonna Die
2015 · Movie
Talking Heads - Chronology
2011 · Movie
La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
2012 · Movie
Talking Heads: Live in Rome
1980 · Movie
Contemporary Color
2016 · Movie
Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth
2005 · Movie
Between the Teeth
1993 · Movie