Tony Palmer

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1941-08-29 (83 years old)

Place of Birth London

Tony Palmer

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

Director

2016
2013
Britten: Nocturne

as Director

2010
2009
The Wagner Family

as Director

2008
O, Fortuna!

as Director

2005
Margot

as Director

1995
1990
The Children

as Director

1988
Testimony

as Director

1985
1984
Puccini

as Director

1983
Wagner

as Director

1981
Death in Venice

as Director

1980
The Space Movie

as Director

1978
1977
The Wigan Casino

as Director

1977
1974
Harriet At Butlins

as Director

1974
1973
1973
1973
1971
200 Motels

as Director

1968
All My Loving

as Director

Crew

1971
200 Motels

as Cinematography

Art

1988
Testimony

as Production Design

Producer

1988
Testimony

as Producer