David Sylvian
Acting • Born 1958-02-23
Biography
David Sylvian, born David Alan Batt, is an English singer-songwriter, musician and film director who came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead vocalist and main songwriter in the group Japan. On his solo records of the '80s, Sylvian's explorations in music took him from the pop-funk, stylish jazz and windswept exotica of 1984's Brilliant Trees; the ambient landscapes and epic ballads of 1985's Gone to Earth; and the romantic orchestrations of 1987's Secrets of the Beehive.
Filmography
14 credits
Japan: Oil On Canvas
Movie • 1982
Steve Jansen - The Occurrence of Slope
Movie • 2008
Steel Cathedrals
Movie • 1985
Self
Preparations For A Journey
Movie • 1984
David Sylvian and Robert Fripp: Live in Japan
Movie • 1995
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
Movie • 2018
Narrator on "Life, Life" (voice)
Sleeping Dragon
Movie • 2024
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
Movie • 2005
Self (segment "Red Guitar")
async - first light
Movie • 2017
Japan - The Very Best Of
Movie • 2006
A Gentle Glow
Movie • 2017
(Voice)
Brilliant Trees Sessions
Movie • 2021
Time Spent
Movie • 1997
Himself
Riverside
TV • 1982
Self