Sound · Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, UK · Born May 15, 1948
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer, and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music. Eno was a student of Roy Ascott on his Groundcourse at Ipswich Civic College. Then he studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex, England, taking inspiration from minimalist painting. He joined the band Roxy Music as synthesiser player in the early 1970s. Roxy Music's success in the glam rock scene came quickly, but Eno soon tired of touring and of conflicts with lead singer Bryan Ferry. Eno's solo music has explored more experimental musical styles and ambient music. It has also been extremely influential, pioneering ambient and generative music, innovating production techniques, and emphasising "theory over practice". Eno pursues multimedia ventures in parallel to his music career, including art installations, a newspaper column in The Observer, a regular column on society and innovation in Prospect magazine, and "Oblique Strategies" (written with Peter Schmidt), a deck of cards in which cryptic remarks or random insights are intended to resolve dilemmas.
MovieOK MR BRUCE
2026
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MovieTogether for Palestine
2025
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MovieDaedalus
2024
as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
MovieDEVO
2024
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MovieEno
2024
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MovieBrian Eno & Roger Eno: Live at the Acropolis, Athens
2023
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MovieCAN and Me
2022
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MovieRoxy Music and Bryan Ferry at the BBC
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWe Are As Gods
2022
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MovieECHO: The Music of Harold Budd and Brian Eno
2020
Movie2025: The Long Hot Winter
2019
as Radio presenter
MovieColdplay: A Head Full of Dreams
2018
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TVSoundbreaking
2016
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MovieSlowdive: Souvlaki
2015
as Himself (Archival Footage)
MovieWe Are Many
2014
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MovieWhat Difference Does It Make?
2014
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MovieDavid Bowie: Five Years
2013
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MovieThe British Guide to Showing Off
2011
MovieU2: From the Sky Down
2011
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MovieBrian Eno 1971–1977: The Man Who Fell To Earth
2011
MovieRide, Rise, Roar
2011
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MovieU2360° Tour: Squaring The Circle
2010
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Brian Eno: Another Green World
2010
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MovieRoxy Music: More Than This - The Story of Roxy Music
2009
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MovieRoxy Music - The Thrill of It All: A Visual History 1972-1982
2008
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MovieScott Walker: 30 Century Man
2007
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TVThe Colbert Report
2005
MovieRoxy Music: Inside 1972-1974
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDavid Bowie - Sound and Vision
2003
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TVTimeshift
2002
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Movie1 Giant Leap
2002
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Free Will And Testament: The Robert Wyatt Story
2001
MovieIn the Ocean
2001
MovieRoxy Music Musikladen 1973
2001
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TVClick
2000
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MovieAnton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven
2000
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MovieClassic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree
1999
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TVClassic Albums
1997
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MovieDavid Bowie: The Making of "1.Outside"
1995
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MoviePavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia
1995
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TVFather Ted
1995
as Father Brian Eno
MovieOne Eno
1993
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MovieWords for the Dying
1993
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MovieBrian Eno: Imaginary Landscapes
1989
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1986
MovieOblique Strategist Too
1984
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Riverside
1982
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TVQuestion Time
1979
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MovieRoxette
1978
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MovieResistance
1976
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MovieEno
1973
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TVOmnibus
1967
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MovieArticle 12
MovieLittle Red Robin Hood
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