Peter Brook
Directing
Peter Stephen Paul Brook CH CBE (March 21, 1925 – July 2, 2022) was an English theatre and film director. He worked first in England, from 1945 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, from 1947 at the Royal Opera House, and from 1962 for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). With them, he directed the first English-language production in 1964 of Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss, which was transferred to Broadway in 1965 and won the Tony Award for Best Play, and Brook was named Best Director. He also directed films such as an iconic version of Lord of the Flies in 1963. He was based in France from the early 1970s, where he founded an international theatre company, playing in developing countries, in an approach of great simplicity. He was often referred to as "our greatest living theatre director". He won multiple Emmy Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Japanese Praemium Imperiale, the Prix Italia and the Europe Theatre Prize. In 2021, he was awarded India's Padma Shri.
Known for
Directing16
movieBeckett by Brook
2018
Director
movieDon Giovanni
2002
Director
movieThe Tragedy of Hamlet
2002
Director
tvThe Mahabharata
1990
Director
movieThe Mahabharata
1990
Director
movieThe Tragedy of Carmen
1983
Director
movieLa Cerisaie
1982
Director, Stage Director
movieRide of the Valkyrie
1977
Director
movieKing Lear
1970
Director
movieTell Me Lies
1968
Director
movieRed, White, and Zero
1968
Director
movieLord of the Flies
1963
Director
movieThe Beggar's Opera
1953
Director
Acting19
movieJeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieThe Roof
2016
Peter Brook
movieMagician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
Self - Filmmaker
movieBAM150
2012
Self
movieFilmmaking Without Boundaries: Interview with Peter Brook
2008
Self - Interviewee
movieLooking for Richard
1996
Self - Interviewee
movieKing Lear
1953
Self – Director
Writing13
movieThe Tragedy of Hamlet
2002
Adaptation
tvThe Mahabharata
1990
Writer
movieThe Mahabharata
1990
Writer
movieSwann in Love
1984
Writer
movieThe Tragedy of Carmen
1983
Scenario Writer
movieKing Lear
1970
Writer
movieTell Me Lies
1968
Writer
movieKing Lear
1953
Writer
Creator1
tvThe Mahabharata
1990
Creator
Editing1
Production1
movieTell Me Lies
1968
Producer