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Tony Palmer

Film Director / Film Producer | * 08/29/1941 (82) | London
Tony Palmer (born 29 August 1941) is a British film director and author. His work includes over 100 films, ranging from early works with The Beatles, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Rory Gallagher (Irish Tour '74) 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, Julian Lloyd Webber, 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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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Music | Drama

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Awards & Nominations for Tony Palmer

Emmy Awards Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society
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Movies with Tony Palmer as Actor(3)

Movies with Tony Palmer as Crew(41)

Directing/Director2023 The Burning Fiery Furnace
Writing/Writer2023 The Burning Fiery Furnace
Directing/Director2016 Vangelis: The Interviews
Directing/Director2013 Britten: Nocturne
Editing/Editor2013 Britten: Nocturne
Directing/Director2011 Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter
Directing/Director2005 Margot
Directing/Director2002 Hero: The Bobby Moore Story
Directing/Director1998 Parsifal: The Search for the Grail
Directing/Director1998 The Kindness of Strangers
Directing/Director1991 Menuhin, A Family Portrait
Directing/Director1990 The Children
Art/Production Design1988 Testimony
Directing/Director1988 Testimony
Editing/Editor1988 Testimony
Production/Producer1988 Testimony
Writing/Writer1988 Testimony
Directing/Director1988 Richard Burton: In from the Cold
Writing/Writer1987 Code Name: Vengeance
Directing/Director1984 Puccini
Directing/Director1982 Stravinsky: Once at a Border...
Directing/Director1981 Death in Venice
Editing/Editor1981 Death in Venice
Directing/Director1980 The Space Movie
Writing/Writer1980 The Space Movie
Directing/Director1978 Callas: A Documentary
Directing/Director1977 Mighty Good: The Beatles
Directing/Director1977 The Wigan Casino
Directing/Director1974 The World of Miss World
Editing/Editor1974 The World of Miss World
Directing/Director1974 Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour ’74
Editing/Editor1972 The World of Liberace
Crew/Cinematography1971 200 Motels
Directing/Director1971 200 Motels
Writing/Writer1971 200 Motels
Editing/Editor1970 Performance
Directing/Director1969 Will the Real Mr. Sellers...

TV Shows/Series with Tony Palmer as Crew(2)


Full Name: Tony Palmer
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Friday, 08/29 1941 (August) in London (current age: 82 years + 212 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Trinity Hall
Member of: Royal Geographical Society
Tony Palmer frequently works together with these people:
Benjamin Britten (6x, Crew)
Frank Zappa (6x, Actor)
Ringo Starr (3x, Actor)
John Shirley-Quirk (3x, Actor)
Peter Pears (3x, Actor)
Tony Palmer (3x, Crew)
Ian Underwood (2x, Cast)
Robert Stephens (2x, Actor)
Lucy Offerall (2x, Actress)
Stephen Sondheim (1x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1334325, Added: 09/03/2019, Last updated: 03/14/2024