
Directing
Gruff Rhys
Born
1970-07-18 (56)
Place of birth
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Known for
Directing
Credits
15 titles
Gruff Rhys is a Welsh sing-songwriter, best known for fronting the rock band, Super Furry Animals.
Known for
5.9Later... with Jools Holland is a contemporary British music television show hosted by Jools Holland.
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
5.5Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.
9 Songs
2004
10.0This documentary film follows a group of Welsh musicians interacting and playing in the studio. Combining shots of the city with the music of John Cale as performed by Welsh stars such as Catatonia, Big Leaves and Manic Street Preachers.
Beautiful Mistake
2000
5.7The documentary centers on Gruff Rhys's quest to meet up with his lost long Patagonian uncle, musician René Griffiths.
Separado!
2010
NR30 years since they broke up, we follow the band's journey from the north - from the Welsh underground music scene of the 80s and 90s - to the Super Furry Animals. Following the journey of Welsh band Ffa Coffi Pawb
Ffa Coffi Pawb!
2024
NRs4c documentary featuring Super Furry Animals as they embark on their first tour in a decade.
Super Furry Animals: The Furry Years
2015
Film credits
2010s · 5 titles
5.7The documentary centers on Gruff Rhys's quest to meet up with his lost long Patagonian uncle, musician René Griffiths.
Separado!
2010
NRs4c documentary featuring Super Furry Animals as they embark on their first tour in a decade.
Super Furry Animals: The Furry Years
2015
0.5Following the artist Phil Collins' search for a decommissioned statue of German philosopher Friedrich Engels in eastern Ukraine, and documenting its journey and arrival to a homecoming party in Manchester.
Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels
2018
7.0Two men. Two quests. Two centuries apart. Four ways to experience the search for a lost tribe. Film. Book. Album. App.
American Interior
2014
NRIn late 2016, musician, producer and writer Gruff Rhys joined a group of British and Russian artists as they embarked on a journey from Moscow to the far east of Siberia. Capturing the journey on tape, the Welshman’s short film, The History of Nails—commissioned by the British Council—stops by key moments of twentieth-century Russian life, from the October Revolution through to communism and the Futurist movement, all to the sounds of a drone score.
The History of Nails
2017
2000s · 4 titles
5.5Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.
9 Songs
2004
10.0This documentary film follows a group of Welsh musicians interacting and playing in the studio. Combining shots of the city with the music of John Cale as performed by Welsh stars such as Catatonia, Big Leaves and Manic Street Preachers.
Beautiful Mistake
2000
NRAmerican Sasquatch' isn't your typical tour documentary; it's a raw, gonzo-style film capturing the Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals. Providing an insider's perspective, it showcases the band's American tours, TV appearances, and recording sessions from 2002 to 2004, including the making of "Phantom Power."
American Sasquatch
2004
NRA collection of promos by Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals.
Super Furry Animals: Songbook
2004
Series credits
Behind the camera
5.7The documentary centers on Gruff Rhys's quest to meet up with his lost long Patagonian uncle, musician René Griffiths.
Separado!
2010
5.7The documentary centers on Gruff Rhys's quest to meet up with his lost long Patagonian uncle, musician René Griffiths.
Separado!
2010
7.0Two men. Two quests. Two centuries apart. Four ways to experience the search for a lost tribe. Film. Book. Album. App.
American Interior
2014
NRIn late 2016, musician, producer and writer Gruff Rhys joined a group of British and Russian artists as they embarked on a journey from Moscow to the far east of Siberia. Capturing the journey on tape, the Welshman’s short film, The History of Nails—commissioned by the British Council—stops by key moments of twentieth-century Russian life, from the October Revolution through to communism and the Futurist movement, all to the sounds of a drone score.
The History of Nails
2017
