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Tony Palmer

Tony Palmer

Personal Info

Known for
Directing
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.

Known For

Acting

(2021)
All We Got Was Love
as Self
(2014)
Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers
as Self
(2013)
The Piano Room
(2012)
Keep on Burning: The Story of Northern Soul
as Self
(2009)
Led Zeppelin: Dazed & Confused
as Himself
(1988)
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
as Self
(1971)
Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels
as Self

Crew

(2024)
Leonard Cohen: The Bird on a Wire Concerts
Director
(2017)
The Beatles And World War II
Director, Writer
(2016)
Vangelis: The Interviews
Director
(2013)
Britten: Nocturne
Director, Editor
(2012)
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Director
(2011)
Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter
Director
(2010)
Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire
Director, Writer
(2010)
Rope Ladder to the Moon
Director
(2009)
The Wagner Family
Director
(2008)
O, Fortuna!
Director
(2007)
O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Editor, Director
(2006)
Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral
Director
(2006)
Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams
Director, Writer
(2005)
Margot
Director, Editor
(2004)
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
Director
(2002)
Hero: The Bobby Moore Story
Director
(2002)
Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming
Director, Editor
(1999)
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Director
(1998)
The Kindness of Strangers
Director
(1998)
Parsifal: The Search for the Grail
Director
(1998)
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
Director
(1996)
Brahms and the Little Singing Girls
Director
(1996)
The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford
Director
(1995)
England, My England
Director
(1993)
Henryk Górecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Director
(1991)
Menuhin, A Family Portrait
Director
(1990)
The Children
Director
(1990)
Hindemith: A Pilgrim's Progress
Director
(1988)
Testimony
Director, Writer, Editor, Production Design, Producer
(1988)
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Director
(1987)
Code Name: Vengeance
Writer
(1985)
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
Director
(1984)
Puccini
Director
(1982)
Stravinsky: Once at a Border...
Director
(1981)
Death in Venice
Editor, Director
(1981)
At the Haunted End of the Day
Director
(1980)
The Space Movie
Director, Writer
(1979)
Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…
Director
(1978)
Callas: A Documentary
Director
(1977)
The Wigan Casino
Director
(1977)
Mighty Good: The Beatles
Director
(1976)
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
Director
(1974)
Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour ’74
Director
(1974)
The World of Miss World
Editor, Director
(1974)
Harriet At Butlins
Director
(1973)
Ginger Baker: In Africa
Director, Editor
(1973)
The World of Liberace
Director, Editor
(1973)
The World of Hugh Hefner
Director
(1972)
Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort
Director, Writer
(1971)
200 Motels
Director, Cinematography, Writer
(1970)
Performance
Editor
(1969)
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Director
(1968)
All My Loving
Director
(1967)
The Burning Fiery Furnace
Director, Writer
(1967)
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
Director, Editor