Born in London, Peter was educated at Westminster, and Magdalen College Oxford. He has staged numerous productions for Birmingham Rep, Stratford Upon Avon and Broadway. In 1962 he was appointed Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, a position he held for 2 decades. His most famous stage productions have been Marat/Sade, Tempest, The Visit, ...
Directors have repeatedly learned, to their cost, that the result isn't as rich or lively when you impose yourself consciously on an actor as when, by some other means, he manages to achieve the effect for himself.
Won Broadway's Tony Award twice as Best Director (Dramatic): in 1966 for "Marat/Sade" and in 1971 for William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". He was also Tony-nominated two other times: as Best Director in 1959 for Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "The Visit" and, in 1961, as Best Director (Musical) for "Irma la Douce".
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He was awarded the 1988 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Director for "The Mahabharata".
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He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Special Award in 1984 (1983 season) for his services to the theatre.
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He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award: The Times Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre in 1994 (1993 season).
He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1965 Queen's New Year Honours List and a CH (Companion of Honour) in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Drama.
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Created an honorary DLitt of the Universities of Birmingham, Strathclyde and Oxford.
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He was awarded the French Officer of the Legion of Honour in 1995.
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Brook's very first production of "Hamlet" was at the age of 7, for his parents, uncut and with himself in all the roles.
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Is one of Britian's most respected and visionary Theatrical directors.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Peter Brook: The Tightrope
2012
Documentary writer
The Tragedy of Hamlet
2002
TV Movie adaptation
The Mahabharata
1990
TV Mini-Series screenplay - 3 episodes
Swann in Love
1984
La tragédie de Carmen
1983
adapted by
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979
writer
King Lear
1971
Tell Me Lies
1968
adaptation
Ride of the Valkyrie
1967
Short
Puhelinkioski
1964
TV Movie
Lord of the Flies
1963
writer - uncredited
Box for One
1958
TV Movie
ITV Play of the Week
1957
TV Series screenplay - 1 episode
Telefonboksen
1956
TV Movie play
Appointment with Drama
1955
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Omnibus
1953
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
Wednesday Theatre
1953
TV Series story - 1 episode
Box for One
1949
TV Short story
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Tragedy of Hamlet
2002
TV Movie
The Mahabharata
1990
TV Mini-Series 3 episodes
La tragédie de Carmen
1983
La cerisaie
1982
TV Movie
Mesure pour mesure
1979
TV Movie
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979
King Lear
1971
Tell Me Lies
1968
Ride of the Valkyrie
1967
Short
Marat/Sade
1967
Lord of the Flies
1963
Moderato cantabile
1960
ITV Play of the Week
1956-1957
TV Series 2 episodes
Both Ends Meet
1954
TV Movie
The Beggar's Opera
1953
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Don Giovanni
2003
TV Movie directed for stage
Ute Lemper chante Kurt Weill
1992
TV Special artistic director: theater
La cerisaie
1982
TV Movie directed for stage
Mesure pour mesure
1979
TV Movie stage director
Timon d'Athènes
1975
TV Movie stage director
Omnibus
TV Series director - 1 episode, 1953 staged by - 1 episode, 1953
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Peter Brook: The Tightrope
2012
Documentary producer
2nd House
1976
TV Series producer - 1 episode
Tell Me Lies
1968
producer
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ute Lemper chante Kurt Weill
1992
TV Special artistic director
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lord of the Flies
1963
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Menschen hautnah
1998
TV Series documentary
Himself
Looking for Richard
1996
Documentary
Himself (Interview)
Bouillon de culture
1992
TV Series documentary
Himself
Du côté de chez Fred
1990
TV Series
Himself
Mama's Pushcart: Ellen Stewart and 25 Years of La MaMa E.T.C.
1988
Documentary
Himself
The South Bank Show
1987
TV Series documentary
Himself
Jean-Louis Barrault, un homme de théâtre
1983
Documentary
Himself
The Levin Interviews
1982
TV Series
Himself
Aquarius
1976
TV Series
Himself
Camera Three
1971
TV Series
Himself
The David Frost Show
1971
TV Series
Himself
The Benefit of the Doubt
1967
Documentary
La joie de vivre
1958
TV Series
Himself
ITV Play of the Week
1956
TV Series
Himself - narrator
Stage by Stage
1955
TV Series
Himself
Omnibus
1953
TV Series
Himself - Director
¡Atención obras!
2016
TV Series
Himself
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
Documentary
Himself (as Sir Peter Brook)
Charlie Rose
1995-2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
Arena
2008-2013
TV Series documentary
Himself - Director / Himself
Peter Brook: The Tightrope
2012
Documentary
Bam150
2012
Documentary
Carrière, 250 metros
2011
Documentary
Himself
La nuit des Molières
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself - Molière d'honneur - Molière du spectacle musical
Mi reino por un caballo
2010
TV Series
Himself
Negli occhi
2009
Documentary
Himself
Générations 68
2008
Documentary
Himself
Le cinéma en liberté: rencontre avec Peter Brook
2008
Video documentary short
Himself
Droit d'auteurs
2003
TV Series
Himself
Brook by Brook
2002
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom
2000
Documentary
Himself
Changing Stages
2000
TV Series documentary
Interviewee
LeseZeichen
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Arena
2016
TV Series documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2003
Grand Prize
SACD Awards
2003
Silver Medallion Award
Telluride Film Festival, US
1990
Audience Award
São Paulo International Film Festival
Best Feature
The Mahabharata (1989)
1969
Silver Ribbon
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
$1.2 Million
