Manu Katché (Actor)

Reviews of Manu Katché Movies

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Movies starring Manu Katché have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 77%.

Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live - released in 1994 - is Manu Katché's highest rated movie, with a score of 86% based on 2 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Manu Katché is Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So - released in 2012 - with a score of 66% based on 1 reviews.

Actor Biography

Classically trained, he begins by dancing about 5 years, what he did for 2 years. Around the age of 7 years, he practice the piano before working on the drums and percussion auConservatoire of Saint-Maur. Very quickly spotted, he knows the celebrity from 1986, playing on the album So of Peter Gabriel. Together, they will participate in the soundtrack of the film The Last Temptation of Christ release in 1988, with other musicians such as David Rhodes and Youssou n'dour. He has played alongside a host of singers and musicians hexagon : Francis Cabrel, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Bruno Grimaldi, Michel Jonasz, Catherine Lara, Daniel Levi, Jeanne Mas, Sheila, Shirel, Laurent Voulzy... but also, and especially, of international renown, including, among others : Marcus Miller, Manu Dibango, Al Di Meola, Bee Gees, dire Straits, Julia Fordham, the Gipsy Kings, Jan Garbarek, Joe Satriani, Kami Lyle, Loreena McKennitt, Bruno Letort, Paul Young, Peter Gabriel, Stephan Eicher, Sting, Simple Minds, Tears for Fears, Tori Amos, Tracy Chapman, Youssou n'dour, Joni Mitchell, Richard Wright, etc, From 1985 to 1988 Manu is part of the group Preface as a drummer and singer, also composed of Jean-Yves D'angelo (keyboards and vocals) and Kamil Rustam (guitar and vocals). With this same group, known at the time, in France, as a base rhythm for Michel Jonasz, he began to write arrangements for a large number of French artists, which earned him the 1985 prize for the best arrangement for the Victories of the music, for the album States of america to the kingdom. Manu Katché has also dedicated a part of his work in jazz. He reports to have been particularly impressed, at the age of fifteen years, by the piano playing of Keith Jarrett1, as well as a disc of guitarist John Abercrombie. In 1994, he composed and performed the soundtrack to the movie Indian in the city, in association with Uncle David and Geoffrey Oryema, under the name of KOD (initials of the three artists). It has conducted since 1989 a successful collaboration with the saxophonist Jan Garbarek. Their first collaboration takes this year in the form of a trio with the violinist indian L. Shankar in the theatre of The Cigale1. In 2005, for his first album as a leader Neighbourhood. From 2004 to 2007, he participated in the jury of the show Nouvelle Star on M6, alongside Marianne James, Dove Attia and André Manoukian. From April 2007 to the end of 2011, Manu Katché on Arte the music show One Shot Not. From 28 march to 20 June 2010, he presented on France Inter, the issuance Musicalities, every Sunday from 22 h to midnight. During the concert of Peter Gabriel at the palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy on October 15, 2013, it is behind the battery, replaying in particular, the entire album So who did know.

Manu Katché has acted in films with Peter Gabriel, Tony Levin, David Rhodes and Peter Lord.

Manu Katché has worked with these film directors: Hamish Hamilton, François Girard and George Scott.