Biography
Nick de Grunwald, Managing Director of 1515 Productions, is the son and nephew of renowned UK movie producers Dimitri and Anatole de Grunwald, who produced such films as The Millionairess, The Yellow Rolls Royce, The V.I.P.s, The Winslow Boy, The Way to The Stars and The Demi-Paradise. 1515 Productions(formerly Isis Productions) is a company which specialises in high quality music films. The first music film Nick produced was the award-winning 'The Making of Sgt Pepper' about The Beatles' iconic album. Subsequently he created Classic Albums, which is widely regarded as one of the greatest music documentary series of all time. Now entering production of its sixth series, Classic Albums has included films on albums by Pink Floyd, Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Paul Simon, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, U2, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Lou Reed, Sex Pistols, Steely Dan, Nirvana, Queen, Cream, Frank Zappa, John Lennon, The Doors, and Jay-Z. Nick has put together other productions, often involving major television stations in America and around the world, and worldwide distribution companies: these include PBS, NHK, ZDF, Arte, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, Sky, Universal, Warner Music Vision, Eagle Rock and EMI. His productions include: Yusuf, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens; Soul Survivor - The James Brown Story; Ray Davies - The World From My Window; Barry White - Let The Music Play; Pet Shop Boys - A Life in Pop; More Than This -The Roxy Music Story; Go - A film about Moby; The Life & Death of Marvin Gaye; All I Want - A Portrait of Rufus Wainwright; Juanes - A Musical Journey; System Of A Down - Screamers; Bryan Ferry - Dylanesque Live and Tom's Midnight Garden - children's feature film, Co-producer.
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2020s
- 2020
Classic Albums: Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
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2010s
- 2019
Classic Albums: The Chirping Crickets
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Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock
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- 2017
Buddy Holly: Rave On
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The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds
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- 2016
The Everly Brothers: Harmonies From Heaven
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- 2014
Neil Sedaka: King of Song
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- 2012
Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So
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- 2011
Classic Albums: Primal Scream - Screamadelica
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- 2010
Classic Albums: Rush - 2112 & Moving Pictures
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Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
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Classic Albums: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
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2000s
- 2009
Madeleine Peyroux - Somethin' Grand
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Somebody Told Me About Carla Bruni
Producer
- 2008
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
Executive Producer
Classic Albums: Duran Duran - Rio
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- 2006
Screamers
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Classic Albums: Cream - Disraeli Gears
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Moby: Go - A Film About Moby
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- 2005
Classic Albums: Motörhead - Ace of Spades
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Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
Producer
- 2003
James Brown: Soul Survivor
Executive Producer
Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon
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- 2002
Classic Albums: Deep Purple - Machine Head
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Classic Albums: Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
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- 2001
Classic Albums: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
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Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
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Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica
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Classic Albums: Judas Priest - British Steel
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The UB40: Story of Reggae
Executive Producer
1990s
- 1999
Classic Albums: The Who - Who's Next
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Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value
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Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
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Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree
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Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
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- 1997
Classic Albums: Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life
Executive Producer
- 1992
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
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1990s
- 1997