Person

Tony Palmer

Directing · Born 1941-08-29 · London

Biography

Tony Palmer is a British film director and author. His work includes over 100 films, ranging from early works with The Beatles, Cream, Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa (200 Motels), to his classical portraits which include profiles of Maria Callas, Margot Fonteyn, John Osborne, Igor Stravinsky, Richard Wagner, Yehudi Menuhin, Carl Orff, Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughan Williams. He is also a stage director of theatre and opera. Among over 40 international prizes for his work are 12 Gold Medals from the New York Film Festival as well as numerous BAFTAs and Emmy Awards. Palmer has won the Prix Italia twice,for A Time There Was in 1980 and At the Haunted End of the Day in 1981. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and an honorary citizen of both New Orleans and Athens. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Palmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Filmography

2025Richard Burton: Wild GeniusSelf
2024Leonard Cohen: The Bird on a Wire ConcertsDirector
2021All We Got Was LoveSelf
2017The Beatles And World War IIDirector
2016Vangelis: The InterviewsDirector
2014Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another MothersSelf
2013Britten: NocturneEditor
2013The Piano Room
2013Staircases to Nowhere: Making Stanley Kubrick's The ShiningHimself - interviewee (2026 special edition)
2012Keep on Burning: The Story of Northern SoulSelf
2012Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol FugardDirector
2011Holst: In the Bleak MidwinterDirector
2010Rope Ladder to the MoonDirector
2010Leonard Cohen: Bird on a WireDirector
2009The Wagner FamilyDirector
2009Led Zeppelin: Dazed & ConfusedHimself
2008O, Fortuna!Director
2007O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan WilliamsEditor
2006Tangerine Dream at Coventry CathedralDirector
2006Hail Bop! A Portrait of John AdamsWriter
2005MargotDirector
2004Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of SurvivalDirector
2002Hero: The Bobby Moore StoryDirector
2002Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée FlemingDirector
1999The Strange Case of Delfina PotockaDirector
1998Parsifal: The Search for the GrailDirector
1998The Kindness of StrangersDirector
1998Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of SorrowDirector
1996The Fantastic World of Michael CrawfordDirector
1996Brahms and the Little Singing GirlsDirector
1995England, My EnglandDirector
1993Henryk Górecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful SongsDirector
1991Menuhin, A Family PortraitDirector
1990The ChildrenDirector
1990Hindemith: A Pilgrim's ProgressDirector
1988TestimonyDirector
1988In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard BurtonDirector
1988The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 MotelsSelf
1987Code Name VengeanceWriter
1985God Rot Tunbridge Wells!Director
1984PucciniDirector
1983WagnerDirector
1982Stravinsky: Once at a Border...Director
1981Death in VeniceEditor
1981At the Haunted End of the DayDirector
1980The Space MovieWriter
1979Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…Director
1978Callas: A DocumentaryDirector
1977The Wigan CasinoDirector
1977Mighty Good: The BeatlesDirector
1977All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular MusicDirector
1976Bernstein Mahler RehearsalDirector
1976Harriet at PlayDirector
1974Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour ’74Director
1974The World of Miss WorldEditor
1974Harriet At ButlinsDirector
1973The World of LiberaceDirector
1973Ginger Baker: In AfricaDirector
1973The World of Hugh HefnerDirector
1972Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern ComfortDirector
1971The Making of 200 MotelsSelf
1971200 MotelsDirector
1970Performance.Editor
1970Colosseum and Juicy LucyDirector
1969Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?Director
1969Cream: Farewell ConcertDirector
1968All My LovingDirector
1967Benjamin Britten and His FestivalEditor
1967The Burning Fiery FurnaceDirector
1966Alice in WonderlandAssistant Director

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