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.
Directed 16
2010s
- 2018
Beckett by Brook
Director
2000s
- 2002
Don Giovanni
Director
The Tragedy of Hamlet
Director
1990s
- 1990
The Mahabharata
Director
The Mahabharata
Director
1980s
- 1983
The Tragedy of Carmen
Director
- 1982
La Cerisaie
Director, Stage Director
1970s
- 1979
Meetings with Remarkable Men
Director
- 1977
Ride of the Valkyrie
Director
- 1970
1960s
- 1968
Tell Me Lies
Director
Red, White, and Zero
Director
- 1967
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
Director
- 1963
- 1960
Seven Days… Seven Nights
Director
1950s
- 1953
Wrote 12
2000s
- 2002
The Tragedy of Hamlet
Adaptation
1990s
- 1990
The Mahabharata
Writer
The Mahabharata
Writer
1980s
- 1984
- 1983
The Tragedy of Carmen
Scenario Writer
1970s
- 1979
Meetings with Remarkable Men
Writer
- 1977
Ride of the Valkyrie
Writer
- 1970
1960s
- 1968
Tell Me Lies
Writer
Red, White, and Zero
Writer
- 1963
1950s
- 1953
King Lear
Writer
Acted in 3
2020s
- 2022
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Movie
2010s
- 2016
The Roof
Peter Brook
Edited 1
1960s
- 1963
Produced 1
1960s
- 1968
Tell Me Lies
Producer
Created 1
1990s
- 1990
The Mahabharata
Creator
Appearances15
2010s
- 2018
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Beckett by Brook
Self
- 2017
Strehler: Il mago dei prodigi
Self
- 2014
- 2012
The Tightrope
Self
BAM150
Self
- 2011
Carrière, 250 Meters
Self
2000s
- 2008
Filmmaking Without Boundaries: Interview with Peter Brook
Self - Interviewee
- 2002
Brook by Brook
Self
1990s
- 1996
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
1970s
- 1975
The Empty Space
Self
- 1974
1960s
- 1967
The Benefit of the Doubt
Self
- 1964
Pour le plaisir
Self · 1 episode
1950s
- 1953
King Lear
Self – Director