About

Known credits:
45
Birthday:
1925-03-21
Place of birth:
London, England, UK
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Peter Brook

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2018 Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit Actor Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 59
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2018 Beckett by Brook Actor Self N/A
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2017 Strehler: Il mago dei prodigi Actor Self N/A
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2016 The Roof Actor Peter Brook 59
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2014 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles Actor Self - Filmmaker 59
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2012 The Tightrope Actor Self N/A
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2012 BAM150 Actor Self N/A
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2011 Carrière, 250 Meters Actor Self 59
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2008 Filmmaking Without Boundaries: Interview with Peter Brook Actor Self - Interviewee N/A
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2002 Brook by Brook Actor Self 59
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1998 Bennent mal vier Actor Self N/A
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1996 Looking for Richard Actor Self - Interviewee 60
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1994 The Five Senses of Theatre Actor Self N/A
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1975 The Empty Space Actor Self N/A
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1967 The Benefit of the Doubt Actor Self 59
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1953 King Lear Actor Self – Director 59
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Directing
2018 Beckett by Brook Directing Director N/A
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2002 Don Giovanni Directing Director N/A
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2002 The Tragedy of Hamlet Directing Director 59
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1990 The Mahabharata Directing Director 59
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1983 The Tragedy of Carmen Directing Director N/A
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1982 La Cerisaie Directing Stage Director N/A
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1982 La Cerisaie Directing Director N/A
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1979 Red, White, and Zero Directing Director 59
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1979 Meetings with Remarkable Men Directing Director 59
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1977 Ride of the Valkyrie Directing Director 58
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1971 King Lear Directing Director 59
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1968 Tell Me Lies Directing Director 58
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1967 Marat/Sade Directing Director 59
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1963 Lord of the Flies Directing Director 62
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1960 Seven Days… Seven Nights Directing Director 59
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1953 The Beggar's Opera Directing Director 58
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Writing
1990 The Mahabharata Writing Writer 59
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1984 Swann in Love Writing Writer 58
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1979 Red, White, and Zero Writing Writer 59
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1979 Meetings with Remarkable Men Writing Writer 59
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1977 Ride of the Valkyrie Writing Writer 58
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1971 King Lear Writing Writer 59
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1968 Tell Me Lies Writing Writer 58
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1963 Lord of the Flies Writing Writer 62
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1953 King Lear Writing Writer 59
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1949 Box for One Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1968 Tell Me Lies Production Producer 58
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Crew
Gurdjieff in Armenia Crew Thanks N/A
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Editing
1963 Lord of the Flies Editing Editor 62
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