Peter Brook
Known For
Directing
Born
1925-03-21 in London, England, UK
Died
2022-07-02
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.
Most Known For
Spécial cinéma
as Self
The Tightrope
as Self
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
The Roof
as Peter Brook
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker
Carrière, 250 Meters
as Self
BAM150
as Self
King Lear
as Self – Director
Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom
as Self
The Empty Space
as Self
Beckett by Brook
as Self
Filmmaking Without Boundaries: Interview with Peter Brook
as Self - Interviewee
The Benefit of the Doubt
as Self
The Five Senses of Theatre
as Self
Brook by Brook
as Self
Strehler: Il mago dei prodigi
as Self