Tony Palmer

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-08-29 (84 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 th...

Production

1971

200 Motels

as Director

1990

The Children

as Director

1971

200 Motels

as Writer

1971

200 Motels

as Cinematography

1980

The Space Movie

as Director

1980

1988

Testimony

as Director

2005

Margot

as Director

1977

The Wigan Casino

as Director

1968

All My Loving

as Director

1973

1995

1974

1984

Puccini

as Director

2013

2009

2013

2008

O, Fortuna!

as Director

1981

1970

Performance

as Editor

1981

Death in Venice

as Director

1988

Testimony

as Writer

1988

Testimony

as Production Design

1988

Testimony

as Producer

1988

Testimony

as Editor

2005

Margot

as Editor

1978

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Harriet at Play

as Director

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