Christopher Nupen

Biography

Christopher Nupen (1934-2023) was a South African-born filmmaker based in the United Kingdom specialising in biographical documentaries of musicians.

Directed

1. Evgeny Kissin: The Gift of Music (1999) — Director
2. Jacqueline du Pré in Portrait (2004) — Director
3. Alice Sommer: Everything Is a Present (2009) — Director
4. Segovia at Los Olivos (1976) — Director
5. Tchaikovsky: Women & Fate (1988) — Director
6. Pinchas Zukerman: Here to Make Music (1975) — Director
7. The Trout (1970) — Director
8. We Want the Light (2004) — Director
9. The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow (1994) — Director
10. Vladimir Ashkenazy: The Vital Juices Are Russian (1970) — Director
11. The Ghost (1970) — Director
12. The Language Of The New Music (1985) — Director
13. Nathan Milstein: In Portrait (1992) — Director
14. Ashkenazy Observed (1987) — Director
15. Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso Violinist (1978) — Director
16. Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos (1979) — Director
17. Vivaldi Le Quattro Stagioni (2008) — Director
18. Andrés Segovia: The Song of the Guitar (1977) — Director
19. Jacqueline du Pré: A Gift Beyond Words (2017) — Director
20. Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy (2025) — Director
21. Double Concerto (1966) — Director
22. Jacqueline Du Pré – And The Elgar Cello Concerto — Director

Also appeared in

1. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
2. Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films (2021) — Self