A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Coil
Peter Martin Christopherson
Sleazy
Birthplace:
Leeds, England, UK
Born:
February 27, 1955
Died:
November 24, 2010
Animation:
2004 Coil: ANS
Director:
1987 The The: Infected
1990 Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
1993 Broken
1995 Sepultura: Third World Chaos
1999 Filter: Title Of DVD
2004 Coil: ANS
2007 The Threshold HouseBoys Choir: Form Grows Rampant
2008 Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)
Director of Photography:
1984 Big Country – Live At Barrowland 1983 (The Homecoming)
1984 Train of Thought
1987 The The: Infected
1990 Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
1993 Broken
1995 Sepultura: Third World Chaos
1999 Filter: Title Of DVD
2004 Coil: ANS
2007 The Threshold HouseBoys Choir: Form Grows Rampant
2008 Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)
2023 A Way to Die: The Films of Peter Christopherson and John Balance
Music:
1981 In the Shadow of the Sun
1984 Big Country – Live At Barrowland 1983 (The Homecoming)
1984 Train of Thought
1987 The The: Infected
1990 Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
1992 The Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex
1993 Blue
1993 Broken
1995 Sepultura: Third World Chaos
1999 Filter: Title Of DVD
2002 Coil: Live in Moscow 2001
2002 Coil: Prague 2002
2004 Coil: ANS
2004 Coil: Dublin 2004
2004 Coil: Paris 2004
2007 The Threshold HouseBoys Choir: Form Grows Rampant
2008 Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)
2010 Coil: Colour Sound Oblivion
2023 A Way to Die: The Films of Peter Christopherson and John Balance
Original Music Composer:
1981 In the Shadow of the Sun
1984 Big Country – Live At Barrowland 1983 (The Homecoming)
1984 Train of Thought
1985 The Angelic Conversation
1987 The The: Infected
1990 Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
1992 The Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex
1993 Blue
1993 Broken
1995 Sepultura: Third World Chaos
1999 Filter: Title Of DVD
2002 Coil: Live in Moscow 2001
2002 Coil: Prague 2002
2004 Coil: ANS
2004 Coil: Dublin 2004
2004 Coil: Paris 2004
2007 The Threshold HouseBoys Choir: Form Grows Rampant
2008 Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)
2010 Coil: Colour Sound Oblivion
2023 A Way to Die: The Films of Peter Christopherson and John Balance
Sound:
1981 In the Shadow of the Sun
1981 T.G.: Psychic Rally in Heaven
1984 Big Country – Live At Barrowland 1983 (The Homecoming)
1984 Train of Thought
1985 The Angelic Conversation
1987 The The: Infected
1990 Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
1992 The Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex
1993 Blue
1993 Broken
1995 Sepultura: Third World Chaos
1999 Filter: Title Of DVD
2002 Coil: Live in Moscow 2001
2002 Coil: Prague 2002
2004 Coil: ANS
2004 Coil: Dublin 2004
2004 Coil: Paris 2004
2007 The Threshold HouseBoys Choir: Form Grows Rampant
2008 Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)
2010 Coil: Colour Sound Oblivion
2023 A Way to Die: The Films of Peter Christopherson and John Balance
Sound Editor:
1981 In the Shadow of the Sun
1981 T.G.: Psychic Rally in Heaven
1984 Big Country – Live At Barrowland 1983 (The Homecoming)
1984 Train of Thought
1985 The Angelic Conversation
1987 The The: Infected
1990 Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
1992 The Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex
1993 Blue
1993 Broken
1995 Sepultura: Third World Chaos
1999 Filter: Title Of DVD
2002 Coil: Live in Moscow 2001
2002 Coil: Prague 2002
2004 Coil: ANS
2004 Coil: Dublin 2004
2004 Coil: Paris 2004
2007 The Threshold HouseBoys Choir: Form Grows Rampant
2008 Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)
2010 Coil: Colour Sound Oblivion
2023 A Way to Die: The Films of Peter Christopherson and John Balance
Still Photographer:
1981 In the Shadow of the Sun
1981 T.G.: Psychic Rally in Heaven
1984 Big Country – Live At Barrowland 1983 (The Homecoming)
1984 Train of Thought
1985 The Angelic Conversation
1987 The The: Infected
1990 Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
1992 The Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex
1993 Blue
1993 Broken
1995 Sepultura: Third World Chaos
1999 Filter: Title Of DVD
2002 Coil: Live in Moscow 2001
2002 Coil: Prague 2002
2004 Coil: ANS
2004 Coil: Dublin 2004
2004 Coil: Paris 2004
2007 The Threshold HouseBoys Choir: Form Grows Rampant
2008 Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)
2010 Coil: Colour Sound Oblivion
2023 A Way to Die: The Films of Peter Christopherson and John Balance
Writer:
1981 In the Shadow of the Sun
1981 T.G.: Psychic Rally in Heaven
1984 Big Country – Live At Barrowland 1983 (The Homecoming)
1984 Train of Thought
1985 Now Voyager
1985 The Angelic Conversation
1987 The The: Infected
1990 Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
1992 The Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex
1993 Blue
1993 Broken
1995 Sepultura: Third World Chaos
1999 Filter: Title Of DVD
2002 Coil: Live in Moscow 2001
2002 Coil: Prague 2002
2004 Coil: ANS
2004 Coil: Dublin 2004
2004 Coil: Paris 2004
2007 The Threshold HouseBoys Choir: Form Grows Rampant
2008 Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)
2010 Coil: Colour Sound Oblivion
2023 A Way to Die: The Films of Peter Christopherson and John Balance
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