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Nicholas Hytner

Theatre Director / Film Director / Film Producer | * 05/07/1956 (67) | Manchester, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Sir Nicholas Robert Hytner ( HYTE-nər; born 7 May 1956) is an English theatre director, film director, and film producer. He was previously the Artistic Director of London's National Theatre. His major successes as director include Miss Saigon, The History Boys and One Man, Two Guvnors. He has also known for directing films such as The Madness of King George (1994), The Crucible (1996), The History Boys (2006), and The Lady in the Van (2015). Hytner was knighted in the 2010 New Year Honours for services to drama by Queen Elizabeth II. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Music

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Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hap ...

The Madness of King George

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1994 | 3.4/5 | 1h 47min
Comedy, Drama, History
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The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, ...

The History Boys

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2006 | 3.4/5 | 1h 49min
Comedy, Drama
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The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded t ...

The Lady in the Van

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2015 | 3.2/5 | 1h 44min
Comedy, Drama
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A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials. ...

The Crucible

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1996 | 3.3/5 | 2h 4min
Drama, History
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Awards & Nominations for Nicholas Hytner

Bodley Medal Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical Knight Bachelor Society of London Theatre Special Award Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
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Movies with Nicholas Hytner as Actor(2)

as himself2021 On Broadway
as Self - Director1989 The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon

Movies with Nicholas Hytner as Crew(32)

Production/Executive Producer2023 Allelujah
Directing/Stage Director2022 National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage
Production/Executive Producer2021 Beat the Devil
Directing/Director2019 National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Directing/Stage Director2018 National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Directing/Director2018 National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Directing/Director2017 National Theatre Live: Young Marx
Directing/Director2015 The Lady in the Van
Directing/Stage Director2015 National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem
Directing/Director2013 National Theatre Live: Othello
Directing/Director2013 National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Directing/Stage Director2012 National Theatre Live: Travelling Light
Directing/Stage Director2011 National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors
Directing/Director2011 National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors
Directing/Director2010 The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlo
Directing/Stage Director2010 National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Directing/Director2010 National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Directing/Stage Director2010 National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Directing/Director2010 National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Directing/Stage Director2010 National Theatre Live: London Assurance
Directing/Stage Director2009 National Theatre Live: Phèdre
Directing/Director2009 National Theatre Live: Phèdre
Directing/Director2008 Don Carlo - ROH
Directing/Director2006 Così fan tutte
Directing/Director2006 The History Boys
Production/Producer2006 The History Boys
Directing/Director2000 Center Stage
Directing/Stage Director1998 Twelfth Night
Directing/Director1998 The Object of My Affection
Directing/Director1996 The Crucible
Directing/Director1994 The Madness of King George
Directing/Director1991 La Clemenza Di Tito

TV Shows/Series with Nicholas Hytner as Crew(3)

Production/Executive Producer2020 Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Directing/Director2020 Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Directing/Director1971 Great Performances

Full Name: Nicholas Hytner
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Monday, 05/07 1956 (May) in Manchester, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 67 years + 349 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: The Manchester Grammar School, Trinity Hall
Employer: Royal National Theatre
Father: Benet Hytner
Mother: Joyce Hytner
Other names for Nicholas Hytner (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Nicholas Robert Hytner"
Nicholas Hytner frequently works together with these people:
Alan Bennett (11x, Actor)
Giuseppe Cannas (9x, Crew)
George Fenton (8x, Crew)
Bob Crowley (8x, Crew)
Robin Lough (6x, Crew)
Nick Sampson (6x, Actor)
James Corden (5x, Actor)
Plácido Domingo (5x, Actor)
Tariq Anwar (5x, Crew)
Frances de la Tour (4x, Actress)
Rory Kinnear (4x, Actor)
Naomi Donne (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:53014, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024