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Tony Palmer

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Tony Palmer

Born
(age 85)
Birthplace
London
Credits
71 titles

Biography

Tony Palmer is a British film director and author.  His work includes over 100 films, ranging from early works with The Beatles, Cream, Jimi Hendrix 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, 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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Known For

Acting credits 9

YearTitleRole
2025 Richard Burton: Wild Genius Film Self
2021 All We Got Was Love Film Self
2014 Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers Film Self
2013 The Piano Room Film
2013 Staircases to Nowhere: Making Stanley Kubrick's The Shining Film Himself - interviewee (2026 special edition)
2012 Keep on Burning: The Story of Northern Soul Film Self
2009 Led Zeppelin: Dazed & Confused Film Himself
1988 The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels Film Self
1971 The Making of 200 Motels Film Self

Crew credits 62

YearTitleJob
2024 Leonard Cohen: The Bird on a Wire Concerts Film Director
2017 The Beatles And World War II Film Director, Writer
2016 Vangelis: The Interviews Film Director
2013 Britten: Nocturne Film Director, Editor
2013 Vangelis and the Journey To Ithaka Film Director
2012 Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard Film Director
2011 Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter Film Director
2010 Rope Ladder to the Moon Film Director
2010 Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire Film Director, Writer
2009 The Wagner Family Film Director
2008 O, Fortuna! Film Director
2007 O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams Film Editor, Director
2006 Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral Film Director
2006 Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams Film Writer, Director
2005 Margot Film Director, Editor
2004 Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival Film Director
2002 Hero: The Bobby Moore Story Film Director
2002 Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming Film Director, Editor
1999 The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka Film Director
1998 Parsifal: The Search for the Grail Film Director
1998 The Kindness of Strangers Film Director
1998 Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow Film Director
1996 The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford Film Director
1996 Brahms and the Little Singing Girls Film Director
1995 England, My England Film Director
1993 Henryk Górecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs Film Director
1991 Menuhin, A Family Portrait Film Director
1990 The Children Film Director
1990 Hindemith: A Pilgrim's Progress Film Director
1988 Testimony Film Director, Writer, Production Design, Producer, Editor
1988 In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton Film Director
1987 Code Name Vengeance Film Writer
1985 God Rot Tunbridge Wells! Film Director
1984 Puccini Film Director
1983 Wagner TV Director (10 ep)
1982 Stravinsky: Once at a Border... Film Director
1981 Death in Venice Film Editor, Director
1981 At the Haunted End of the Day Film Director
1980 The Space Movie Film Director, Writer
1979 Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was… Film Director
1978 Callas: A Documentary Film Director
1977 The Wigan Casino Film Director
1977 Mighty Good: The Beatles Film Director
1977 All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music TV Director, Writer (17 ep)
1976 Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal Film Director
1976 Harriet at Play Film Director
1974 Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour ’74 Film Director
1974 The World of Miss World Film Editor, Director
1974 Harriet At Butlins Film Director
1973 The World of Liberace Film Director, Editor
1973 Ginger Baker: In Africa Film Director, Editor
1973 The World of Hugh Hefner Film Director
1972 Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort Film Director, Writer
1971 200 Motels Film Director, Writer, Director of Photography
1970 Performance. Film Editor
1970 Colosseum and Juicy Lucy Film Director
1969 Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? Film Director
1969 Cream: Farewell Concert Film Director
1968 All My Loving Film Director
1967 Benjamin Britten and His Festival Film Director, Editor
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