Person
Christopher Nupen
Directing · 1934–2023 · South Africa
Biography
Christopher Nupen (1934-2023) was a South African-born filmmaker based in the United Kingdom specialising in biographical documentaries of musicians.
Known for

Le Grand Échiquier
Self

Ashkenazy Observed
Director

The Trout
Director

We Want the Light
Director
The Ghost
Director

Double Concerto
Director

Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso Violinist
Director

Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos
Director
Vladimir Ashkenazy: The Vital Juices Are Russian
Director

Jacqueline Du Pré – And The Elgar Cello Concerto
Director
Filmography
- 2025Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and TragedyDirector
- 2021Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen FilmsSelf
- 2017Jacqueline du Pré: A Gift Beyond WordsDirector
- 2009Alice Sommer: Everything Is a PresentDirector
- 2008Vivaldi Le Quattro StagioniDirector
- 2004We Want the LightDirector
- 2004Jacqueline du Pré in PortraitDirector
- 1999Evgeny Kissin: The Gift of MusicDirector
- 1998Zubin Mehta: A World full of MusicThanks
- 1994The Greatest Love and the Greatest SorrowDirector
- 1992Nathan Milstein: In PortraitDirector
- 1988Tchaikovsky: Women & FateDirector
- 1987Ashkenazy ObservedDirector
- 1985The Language Of The New MusicDirector
- 1979Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano ConcertosDirector
- 1978Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso ViolinistDirector
- 1977Andrés Segovia: The Song of the GuitarProducer
- 1976Segovia at Los OlivosDirector
- 1975Pinchas Zukerman: Here to Make MusicDirector
- 1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf
- 1970The TroutDirector
- 1970The GhostDirector
- 1970Vladimir Ashkenazy: The Vital Juices Are RussianDirector
- 1966Double ConcertoDirector
- —Jacqueline Du Pré – And The Elgar Cello ConcertoDirector
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