David Byrne
Known for: Sound
Born: May 14, 1952
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…
Known for
Social! Distance Dance Club
2021
Stop Making Sense
1984
True Stories
1986
Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
1981
Heavy Petting
1989
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th
1998
Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
1982
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
1988
The Making of True Stories
2018
Ride, Rise, Roar
2011
Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime
1984
Talking Heads - Chronology
2011
David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas
2007
Contemporary Color
2016
The Blank Generation
1976
Talking Heads: Live in Rome
1980
Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
1980
We're Gonna Die
2015
Lubbock Lights
2003
Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
2017
David Byrne's American Utopia
2020
By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
2006
David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
2018
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
2003
Temporary Color
2016
Triple-Chaser
2019
Beleza Tropical
1990
Report From L.A.
1986
Real Life
2018
Changing Lanes
2026
David Byrne - Live From Teatro Gran Rex
1998
Talking Heads: 77
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1986
Celia: The Queen
2008
Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th
1998
Museum Town
2019
Everything For All Reasons
2019
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário
2023
Monk in Pieces
2025
Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
2008
PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th
1998
Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth
2005
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
2002
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
1998
Between the Teeth
1993
Beyond Ipanema
2009
Wandering Heart
2009
25 Years of Punk
2001
Dancing Barefoot
1995
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
2020
Hream
2019
Fabricating Tom Zé
2006
The Pogues Live at the Town and Country
2004
TV Party
2005
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009
The Art of Amália
2000
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
2008
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
2019
Decade
1989
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
2019
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
2008
New York Rock at the BBC
2008
We Want the Funk!
2025
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
Dead End Kids
1986
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016
10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged
1993
La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
2012
Twyla Moves
2021
Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
2009
Lennon or McCartney
2014
Eno
2024
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
2007
Dennis Cleveland
2004
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
2013
Lulu on the Bridge
1998
Checking Out
1988
This Must Be the Place
2011
The Twits
2025
Until the End of the World
1991
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
The Simpsons
1989
Austin City Limits
1975
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
2020
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Sessions at West 54th
1997
Stars in the House
2020
Saturday Night Live
1975
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
The Oscars
1953
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Max Headroom Show
1985
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
60 Minutes
1968
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Late Show with David Letterman
1993