Nick Laird-Clowes

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February 5, 1957 (69 years)

London, England

Biography

Nick Laird-Clowes is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and film composer best known as the frontman and primary lyricist for the 1980s pastoral pop band The Dream Academy. He achieved international fame with the band’s melancholic 1985 hit single "Life in a Northern Town". Over his decades-long career, he has transitioned from alternative pop star to an accomplished film score composer, often collaborating with prominent documentary filmmakers.

Filmography

7.9

About Time

The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father reveals to him that the men in their family have the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.

6.1

Fierce People

A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client in New Jersey.

5.2

The Invisible Circus

After learning that her sister, Faith, has committed suicide in Portugal, Phoebe, an 18-year-old hippie, decides to uproot from her San Francisco home to travel to Europe. Phoebe hopes to discover and experience the life that led to her sister's death by retracing her footsteps, which eventually leads to Wolf -- Faith's boyfriend. However, as Phoebe's journey continues, a series of visions of Faith pushes her mind to the brink.

6.2

Battle for Haditha

An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb. The movie follows the story of the Marines of Kilo Company, an Iraqi family, and the insurgents who plant the roadside bomb.

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