Directing
Peter Brook
FR, EN, IT, ES cinema · 34 credits
Born
21 March 1925
Died
2 July 2022 (aged 97)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
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
Filmography
Beckett by Brook
as Self, Director
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Roof
as Peter Brook
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker
BAM150
as Self
Filmmaking Without Boundaries: Interview with Peter Brook
as Self - Interviewee
Brook by Brook
as Self
The Tragedy of Hamlet
Director, Adaptation
Don Giovanni
Director
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
The Mahabharata
Director, Writer
The Tragedy of Carmen
Director, Scenario Writer
La Cerisaie
Director, Stage Director
Meetings with Remarkable Men
Director, Writer
Ride of the Valkyrie
Writer, Director
The Empty Space
as Self
King Lear
Director, Writer
Tell Me Lies
Director, Writer, Producer
Red, White, and Zero
Director, Writer
Lord of the Flies
Director, Editor, Writer
King Lear
as Self – Director, Writer
The Beggar's Opera
Director