Phil Grabsky
Phil Grabsky is known for Hopper: An American Love Story (2022), I, Claude Monet (2017), The Surprising History of Sex and Love (2002).
Biography
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Phil Grabsky is a British documentary film-maker based in Brighton, East Sussex. His company Seventh Art Productions has produced documentaries for television and cinema.
Grabsky’s work such as I, Caesar, Spain - In the Shadow on the Sun, The Great Commanders and the Tim Marlow on... series, has been broadcast on various U.K. channels such as BBC, Channel 4, Five and Sky Arts, and internationally around the world.
His film The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan was released in cinemas in 2003 and tells the story of 8-year-old Mir and his family living in post-Taliban Afghanistan. The film has been shown across the globe and won 13 awards including the Gold Hugo in Chicago for Best Film and first prize at the Valladolid International Film Festival. Phil is continuing to film Mir and his family in Afghanistan.
2006 saw the completion of In Search of Mozart. The film illustrates the life and work of the composer through interviews and live performance. The film premiered at London’s Barbican concert hall. Subsequently it has gone on to become one of the top 100 grossing documentaries in Australia.
Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl (2006) explores the Chernobyl nuclear disaster through Mario Petrucci’s poetry. Phil worked in conjunction with director David Bickerstaff for this project which went on to win Best Short Documentary at the Cinequest International Film Festival.
In 2007 Grabsky completed Escape from Luanda which tells the tale of three students at Angola’s only music school.
Phil Grabsky's most recent film In Search of Beethoven, focusing on the life and work of the German composer was released in 2009.
In addition to making films, Phil has released four books and often serves as a judge for various awards including BAFTA, Emmys, RTS and the One World awards.
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Questions about Phil Grabsky
How many Phil Grabsky films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 37 films with Phil Grabsky, from 2001 to 2026.
What was the first Phil Grabsky film?
The first Phil Grabsky film in the catalogue is Nero's Golden House, from 2001.
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Known for
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8.0 My National Gallery, London
2024
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9.4 Caravaggio
2025
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7.2 Hopper: An American Love Story
2022
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10.0 Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
2018
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8.0 The Surprising History of Sex and Love
2002
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7.0 Pissarro: Father of Impressionism
2022
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6.2 I, Claude Monet
2017
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6.5 Young Picasso
2019
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8.0 My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan
2021
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6.0 Easter in Art
2020
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5.8 Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874
2025
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6.0 Raphael Revealed
2021
Full filmography
47 films — 37 in the catalogue
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9.4
Caravaggio
2025
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8.0
My National Gallery, London
2024
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7.2
Hopper: An American Love Story
2022
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Pissarro: Father of Impressionism
2022
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6.0
Raphael Revealed
2021
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8.0
My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan
2021
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6.0
Easter in Art
2020
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6.5 Leonardo: The Works
2019
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6.5
Young Picasso
2019
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5.3 Cézanne: Portraits of a Life
2018
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7.5 David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts
2017
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8.5 The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
2017
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El fascinante mundo de El Bosco
2017
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I, Claude Monet
2017
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5.0 The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch
2016
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5.0 Renoir: Reviled and Revered
2016
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7.5 Concerto: A Beethoven Journey
2015
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8.0 The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them
2015
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7.2 Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing
2015
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Matisse
2014
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In Search of Chopin
2014
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Vermeer and Music
2013
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5.0 Manet: Portraying Life
2013
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2.0 Leonardo: From the National Gallery, London
2012
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10.0 In Search of Haydn
2012
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The Boy Mir
2011
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9.5 Making War Horse
2009
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6.2 In Search of Beethoven
2009
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Escape from Luanda
2007
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6.9 In Search of Mozart
2006
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8.3
The Boy who plays On The Buddhas Of Bamiyan
2004
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8.0
The Surprising History of Sex and Love
2002
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5.0 The Hidden History of Rome
2002
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5.5 The Hidden History of Egypt
2002
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7.6 Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001
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Nero's Golden House
2001
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10.0 Julius Caesar: Master of the Roman World
1993
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5.0 Turner & Constable
2026
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5.8
Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874
2025
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8.0 Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers
2024
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9.5 John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger
2024
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8.0 Klimt & The Kiss
2023
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8.0 Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait
2019
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Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
2018
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7.5 Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse
2016
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5.0 Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood
2016
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7.8 Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis
2015
Series and TV shows
3 titles
7.0
People data: TMDb.
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