Biography
John Lurie (born December 14, 1952) is an American musician, painter, actor, director, and producer. He co-founded the Lounge Lizards jazz ensemble; has acted in 19 films, including Stranger than Paradise and Down by Law; has composed and performed music for 20 television and film works; and he produced, directed, and starred in the Fishing with John television series. In 1996 his soundtrack for Get Shorty was nominated for a Grammy Award, and his album The Legendary Marvin Pontiac: Greatest Hits has been praised by critics and fellow musicians. Since 2000, he has suffered from symptoms attributed to chronic Lyme disease and has focused his attention on painting. His art has been shown in galleries and museums around the world. His primitivist painting Bear Surprise became an internet meme in Russia in 2006. His television series, Painting with John, debuted on HBO in January 2021 and ran for three seasons before being cancelled. Lurie's 1980s NYC memoir, The History of Bones, was published by Penguin Random House in August 2021.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
550 releases · 58 albums · active 1981–2025
- Performance · 1,116
- Other credits · 234
- Production · 147
Studios: RPM Studios · RCA Studios · Quad Recording Studios · Platinum Island Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Lounge Lizards
- Lounge Lizards
- Elysian Fields
- Tom Waits
- John Zorn
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Sion (3)