BjörkFilmography

Born:
November 21, 1965 in Rekjavik, Iceland
Occupation:
Actor, Songwriter
Biography:
The diminutive Icelandic pop star Björk is best known for her work with The Sugarcubes and her enormously successful solo career. Despite her foray into acting with Lars von Trier's musical tragedy Dancer in the Dark, that's exactly how she would like it. Born November 21, 1965, in Rekjavik...Read More
  • Glastonbury

    Actors: Michael Eavis, T. Rex, Radiohead, R.E.M., Coldplay

    Synopsis: In 1970, a music aficionado and entrepreneur named Michael Eavis staged a "pop, folk, and blues" festival on a dairy farm in the English community of Glastonbury, not far from Stonehenge. 1,500 attended the "Glastonbury Fayre," and a second festival followed in 1971. By 2005, The Glastonbury Read More

    2/23/07
  • Saturday Night Live: Scarlett Johansson [2]

    Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Björk

    Synopsis: This 2007 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Scarlett Johansson and features musical guest Björk. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

    2007
  • Drawing Restraint 9

    Crew: Composer (Music Score)

    Actors: Matthew Barney, Björk, Susil Osoma

    Synopsis: Filmmaker and artist Matthew Barney collaborated with his wife, noted musician Björk, for this ambitious experimental feature. Aboard a Japanese fishing vessel named the Nisshin Maru, a crew of laborers constructs "the Field," a sculptural mold in the shape of an oval that is filled with Read More

    3/29/06
  • Coachella

    Actors: Nu Mark

    Synopsis: Filmmaker Drew Thomas brings California's popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to the screen with a different kind of musical documentary that not only showcases performances by some of the hottest acts to take the stage, but offers interviews with such musical icons as Beck, Joshua Homme Read More

    1/20/06
  • Arakimentari

    Actors: Nobuyoshi Araki, Beat Takeshi Kitano, Björk, Daido Moriyama, Richard Kern

    Synopsis: Nobuyoshi Araki is Japan's most famous and notorious photographer. In a culture where complete female nudity is frowned upon even in men's magazines, Araki has been acclaimed and condemned for his photo books and exhibitions which usually focus upon women, usually nude and often in bold (and Read More

    1/21/05
  • Matthew Barney: No Restraint

    Actors: Matthew Barney, Björk, Barbara Gladstone, Jacques Herzog, Richard Flood

    Synopsis: With his acclaimed Cremaster Cycle and 2005 feature Drawing Restraint 9, avant-garde artist Matthew Barney established himself as a bold experimentalist who wasn't afraid to take a few risks for the sake of his art. Set into motion in the late '80s, Barney's Drawing Restraint series Read More

    2005
  • Screaming Masterpiece

    Synopsis: The unique sounds of the Icelandic music scene are explored in a visually dazzling collection of performance clips by such acclaimed musical artists as Bjork, Sigur Ros, Bang Gang, Mugison, Nilfisk, Erpur Eyvindorson, and Purrkur Pillnikk. In the late 1980s The Sugarcubes introduced international Read More

    2005
  • Bjork: Medulla Videos

    Actors: Björk

    Synopsis: In this video companion piece to Bjork's groundbreaking a capella release {^Medula}, the former Sugercubes singer offers music videos for the songs "Oceania", "Who Is It?", "Triumph of the Heart", "Desired Constellation", and "Where Is the Line". ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

    2004
  • Björk: Inside Björk

    Synopsis: Inside Björk is a retrospective DVD of the tiny artistic whirlwind that is Björk, covering her early work in several Icelandic local bands to her part in the Sugarcubes to her solo work and many collaborations. Features interviews with Missy Elliot, Thom Yorke, RZA, and more. ~ Andrea LeVasseur Read More

    2003
  • Björk: Live on Later... With Jools Holland

    Synopsis: Musician and talk show host Jools Holland has played host to some of the most exciting talents in pop music on his British chat show Later...With Jools Holland, and one of his most remarkable guests has been the Icelandic pop visionary Björk. Björk: Live on Later...With Jools Holland collects Read More

    2003
  • Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003

    Synopsis: Björk: Greatest Hits -- Volumen 1993-2003 is a complete Björk video collection presented with a standard full-frame transfer with Dolby Digital Stereo Sound. Includes the 2003 videos for "It's in Our Hands" and "Nature Is Ancient." The videos for "Hidden Place," "Pagan Poetry," and "Cocoon" are Read More

    2002
  • Björk: The Making of Medúlla

    Synopsis: In what could be her greatest musical challenge to date, Icelandic songstress Björk attempts to record an entire album utilizing nothing but human voices as instruments -- with her unique vocal talents serving as the glue that holds the experiment together. Watch her record the album alongside Read More

    2001
  • Björk: Minuscule

    Synopsis: Björk: Minuscule is a behind-the-scenes documentary about the 2001 Verspertine tour. Includes interviews with Zeena Parker, the Inuit choir from Greenland, the electronic duo Matmos, and Björk herself. Directed by Ragnheidur Gestsdottir. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

    2001
  • Björk: Hidden Place

    Synopsis: This DVD single features the video for "Hidden Place," the first song from {^Vespertine}, the highly anticipated album from Icelandic pop visionary Björk. In addition to the video, this disc features two previously unreleased songs in DVD audio, "Verandi" and "Generous Palmstroke." ~ Mark Deming Read More

    2001
  • 2001
  • Björk: Live at the Royal Opera House

    Synopsis: Björk: Live at the Royal Opera House contains a live performance in London, Convent Garden, on Sunday, December 16, 2001. One of the first contemporary pop artists to perform on the historic stage of the Royal Opera House, Björk is joined by harpist Zeena Parkins and the electronic duo Matmos. An Read More

    2001
  • Dancer in the Dark

    Crew: Songwriter

    Actors: Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey

    Synopsis: Reportedly the third in acclaimed director Lars von Trier's "Golden Hearts" trilogy (preceded by Breaking the Waves and The Idiots), this film is a hip reworking of the classic Hollywood Musical, starring international pop diva Bjork. Set somewhere in rural Washington state, Czech immigrant Selma Read More

    10/6/00
  • Being John Malkovich

    Crew: Songwriter

    Actors: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place

    Synopsis: Would you pay money to journey into the mind of the star of Con Air, The Killing Fields, and In The Line of Fire? Puppeteer Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) is having money problems, so he takes a temporary job as a file clerk on the seventh-and-a-half floor of a large office building. One day, while Read More

    10/29/99
  • Björk: All is Full of Love

    Synopsis: Icelandic pop visionary Bjork released her first DVD single with this home video release, which features a clip for her song All Is Full Of Love directed by Chris Cunningham (who previously worked with Portishead, Nine Inch Nails, and Aphex Twin). The video is accompanied by the original Read More

    1999
  • Free Tibet

    Synopsis: Sarah Pirozek filmed this documentary combining interviews with concert footage of the 1996 San Francisco Tibetan Freedom Concert, which attracted 100,000 people to Golden Gate Park. The film's executive producer, Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, is a Buddhist who initiated the concept of the annual Read More

    9/18/98
  • Björk: Live in Cambridge

    Synopsis: Björk: Live in Cambridge is a live concert performance recorded on December 2, 1998. Contains 14 tracks, including "Hunter," "Isobel," "Human Behavior," and "Hyperballad." ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

    1998
  • Saturday Night Live: Brendan Fraser [1]

    Actors: Brendan Fraser, Björk

    Synopsis: This 1997 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Brendan Fraser and features musical guest Björk. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

    1997
  • Björk: Live at Shepherd's Bush

    Synopsis: Recorded live in England, Björk: Live at Shepherd's Bush is a concert containing the wide range of Björk 's style from popular renditions to lesser-known pieces, all infused with her signature flair. ~ Sarah Sloboda, All Movie Guide Read More

    1997
  • Prêt-à-Porter

    Actors: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Kim Basinger

    Synopsis: This large, sprawling comedy directed by Robert Altman concerns a variety of romantic and personal intrigues that intersect against the backdrop of Paris's annual "Pret-a-Porter" fashion extravaganza. With 31 principal characters and a number of cameos from well known models, designers, actors and Read More

    1994
  • Björk: Unplugged/Live 'n' Loud

    Synopsis: Björk: Unplugged - Live 'n' Loud consists of two concert performances produced by MTV Europe, for a total of 15 tracks in all. For MTV Unplugged, she performs nine songs on a small candlelit stage. Recorded in 1994 during the promotion of her album {^Post}, it features "Human Behaviour," "Big Time Read More

    1994
  • Björk: Vessel

    Synopsis: Performances filmed in New York, Paris, and Iceland are combined with behind-the-scenes footage and personal commentary to provide a three-dimensional experience of musical artist Björk in Vessel. Songs performed include "Lights," "Human Behavior," "Atlantic," "One Day," "Venus As a Boy," "Come to Read More

    1994
  • Björk: Volumen

    Synopsis: Icelandic rock visionary Bjork has always made videos that are just as interesting as her music, and 14 of them are including on this DVD collection. Titles include "It's Oh So Quiet," "Human Behavior," "Big Time Sensuality," "Possibly Maybe," and "Hunter." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

    1993
  • The Juniper Tree

    Actors: Björk, Bryndis Petra Bragadottir, Gudrún Gísladóttir

    Synopsis: This stark black-and-white drama explores the vast territory of interpersonal pain in an unrelenting manner. It is a retelling of one of the stories from the "Grimm's Fairytales" about two sisters who have survived after their mother was burned as a witch. Told in a rigorous and challenging Read More

    1990
  • Björk: The South Bank Show

    Synopsis: Visionary pop musician Björk appeared on the well-respected British talk show The South Bank Show in 1998 to discuss her career and her music, in particular her album {^Homogenic}, which had just been released. Björk: The South Bank Show features the entirety of Björk's appearance on the program Read More

  • Björk: Volumen Plus

    Synopsis: Björk: Volumen Plus is a collection of the seven Björk music videos from 1998-2003, not included on the original Volumen video collection in 1999. "Alarm Call," "All Is Full of Love," "It's in Our Hands," and "Nature Is Ancient" are available in Dolby Digital Stereo. "Hidden Place," "Pagan Read More

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