Tony Palmer
Directing
- Born
- August 29, 1941 (age 85) · London
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.
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Known for
Performance.
August 3, 1970
200 Motels
November 10, 1971
Alice in Wonderland
December 28, 1966
Code Name Vengeance
December 1, 1987
Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire
August 1, 2010
Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour ’74
October 25, 1974
Testimony
November 1, 1988
The Space Movie
November 17, 1980
Puccini
January 1, 1984
Death in Venice
August 11, 1981
Cream: Farewell Concert
January 5, 1969
The Children
May 18, 1990
Behind the camera60
- 2024Leonard Cohen: The Bird on a Wire Concerts Director
- 2017The Beatles And World War II Director, Writer
- 2016Vangelis: The Interviews Director
- 2013Britten: Nocturne Director, Editor
- 2013Vangelis and the Journey To Ithaka Director
- 2012Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard Director
- 2011Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter Director
- 2010Rope Ladder to the Moon Director
- 2010Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire Director, Writer
- 2009