Biography
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.
Filmography
all 39
Movies 37
self 20
Director 14
Writer 3
TV Shows 2
Creator 1
Helen Mirren - Queen of Actresses (2023)
Miriam Goldschmidt – Creator of the In-between (2019)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit (2018)
Beckett by Brook (2018)
Strehler: Il mago dei prodigi (2017)
All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film (2016)
The Roof (2016)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
The Tightrope (2012)
BAM150 (2012)
Carrière, 250 Meters (2011)
In the Eyes (2009)
Filmmaking Without Boundaries: Interview with Peter Brook (2008)
Don Giovanni (2002)
The Tragedy of Hamlet (2002)
Brook by Brook (2002)
Bennent mal vier (1998)
Looking for Richard (1996)
The Five Senses of Theatre (1994)
The Mahabharata (1990)
The Mahabharata (1990)
Swann in Love (1984)
The Tragedy of Carmen (1983)
La Cerisaie (1982)
Red, White, and Zero (1979)
Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
Ride of the Valkyrie (1977)
The Empty Space (1975)
Spécial cinéma (1974)
King Lear (1971)
Akropolis (1968)
Tell Me Lies (1968)
Marat/Sade (1967)
The Benefit of the Doubt (1967)
Lord of the Flies (1963)
Seven Days… Seven Nights (1960)
King Lear (1953)
The Beggar's Opera (1953)
Box for One (1949)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1925-03-21
Deathday2022-07-02 (97 years old)
Birth NamePeter Stephen Paul Brook
Birth PlaceChiswick, United Kingdom
RelationshipsNatasha Parry (1951-01-01 - 2015-01-01)
ChildrenSimon Brook, Irina Brook
SiblingsAlexis Brook
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, France
AwardsWorld Award of Humanism, prix Giles, President's Medal, Padma Shri in arts, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts, Europe Theatre Prize, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Companion of Honour, Medal of the City of Paris, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Legion of Honour, International Ibsen Award, Dan David Prize, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Praemium Imperiale
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