David Byrne
Sound
- Born:
- 1952-05-14
- Place of birth:
- Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Biography
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
Filmography
Expectations feat. Chappell Roan
Changing Lanes
Each Day in a Moment: 2025
Breakdown: 1975
The Twits
Monk in Pieces
We Want the Funk!
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Eno
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
Social! Distance Dance Club
Twyla Moves
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
David Byrne's American Utopia
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
Stars in the House
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
Everything For All Reasons
Triple-Chaser
Hream
Museum Town
The Making of True Stories
Real Life
David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
Contemporary Color
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Temporary Color
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
We're Gonna Die
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Lennon or McCartney
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
Talking Heads - Chronology
The Jonathan Ross Show
This Must Be the Place
Ride, Rise, Roar
Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
Beyond Ipanema
Wandering Heart
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
New York Rock at the BBC
Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
Celia: The Queen
David Byrne - Live from Austin, Texas
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
Fabricating Tom Zé
By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
TV Party
Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth
The Pogues Live at the Town and Country
Dennis Cleveland
David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
Lubbock Lights
Real Time with Bill Maher
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
25 Years of Punk
The Art of Amália
Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th
PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th
Lulu on the Bridge
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
David Byrne - Live From Teatro Gran Rex
Sessions at West 54th
Dancing Barefoot
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Late Show with David Letterman
10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged
Between the Teeth
Later... with Jools Holland
Until the End of the World
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Beleza Tropical
The Simpsons
Decade
Heavy Petting
Checking Out
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
True Stories
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
Report From L.A.
Dead End Kids
The Max Headroom Show
Stop Making Sense
Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime
Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
Talking Heads: Live in Rome
Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
The South Bank Show
The Blank Generation
Saturday Night Live
Austin City Limits
60 Minutes
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Oscars
Talking Heads: 77
David Byrne: Who Is The Sky?