Tony Palmer

Birthday:: 08/29/1941
Place of birth:: London:
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Palmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Credits

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

	Leonard Cohen: The Bird on a Wire Concerts Director
	The Beatles And World War II Director
	The Beatles And World War II Writer
	Vangelis: The Interviews Director
	Britten: Nocturne Director
	Britten: Nocturne Editor
	Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard Director
	Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter Director
	Rope Ladder to the Moon Director
	Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire Director
	Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire Writer
	The Wagner Family Director
	O, Fortuna! Director
	O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams Director
	O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams Editor
	Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams Director
	Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams Writer
	Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral Director
	Margot Director
	Margot Editor
	Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival Director
	Hero: The Bobby Moore Story Director
	Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming Director
	Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming Editor
	The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka Director
	Parsifal: The Search for the Grail Director
	The Kindness of Strangers Director
	Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow Director
	The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford Director
	Brahms and the Little Singing Girls Director
	England, My England Director
	Henryk Górecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs Director
	Menuhin, A Family Portrait Director
	The Children Director
	Hindemith: A Pilgrim's Progress Director
	Testimony Director
	Testimony Writer
	Testimony Editor
	Testimony Production Design
	Testimony Producer
	In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton Director
	Code Name Vengeance Writer
	God Rot Tunbridge Wells! Director
	Puccini Director
	Stravinsky: Once at a Border... Director
	Death in Venice Director
	Death in Venice Editor
	At the Haunted End of the Day Director
	The Space Movie Director
	The Space Movie Writer
	Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was… Director
	Callas: A Documentary Director
	The Wigan Casino Director
	Mighty Good: The Beatles Director
	Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal Director
	Harriet at Play Director
	Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour ’74 Director
	The World of Miss World Director
	The World of Miss World Editor
	Harriet At Butlins Director
	The World of Liberace Director
	The World of Liberace Editor
	Ginger Baker: In Africa Director
	Ginger Baker: In Africa Editor
	The World of Hugh Hefner Director
	Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort Director
	Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort Writer
	200 Motels Director
	200 Motels Writer
	200 Motels Director of Photography
	Performance. Editor
	Colosseum and Juicy Lucy Director
	Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? Director
	Cream: Farewell Concert Director
	All My Loving Director
	Benjamin Britten and His Festival Director
	Benjamin Britten and His Festival Editor
	The Burning Fiery Furnace Director
	The Burning Fiery Furnace Writer
	Alice in Wonderland Assistant Director