Directing · b. 1934 · South Africa

Christopher Nupen

Biography

Christopher Nupen (1934-2023) was a South African-born filmmaker based in the United Kingdom specialising in biographical documentaries of musicians.

Directed
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy 2025 Jacqueline du Pré: A Gift Beyond Words 2017 Alice Sommer: Everything Is a Present 2009 Vivaldi Le Quattro Stagioni 2008 Jacqueline du Pré in Portrait 2004 We Want the Light 2004 Evgeny Kissin: The Gift of Music 1999 The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow 1994 Nathan Milstein: In Portrait 1992 Evgeny Kissin Plays Schubert, Brahms, Bach, Liszt, and Gluck 1991 Tchaikovsky: Women & Fate 1988 Ashkenazy Observed 1987 The Language Of The New Music 1985 Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos 1979 Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso Violinist 1978 Andrés Segovia: The Song of the Guitar 1977 Segovia at Los Olivos 1976 Pinchas Zukerman: Here to Make Music 1975 The Trout 1970 Vladimir Ashkenazy: The Vital Juices Are Russian 1970 The Ghost 1970 Double Concerto 1966
Acting
Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films Self 2021
Other Credits
Zubin Mehta: A World full of Music Thanks 1998
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