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.
Directed 61
2020s
- 2024
Leonard Cohen: The Bird on a Wire Concerts
Director
2010s
- 2017
The Beatles And World War II
Director
- 2016
Vangelis: The Interviews
Director
- 2013
Britten: Nocturne
Director
Vangelis and the Journey To Ithaka
Director
- 2012
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Director
- 2011
Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter
Director
- 2010
Rope Ladder to the Moon
Director
Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire
Director
2000s
- 2009
The Wagner Family
Director
- 2008
O, Fortuna!
Director
- 2007
O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Director
- 2006
Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral
Director
Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams
Director
- 2005
Margot
Director
- 2004
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
Director
- 2002
Hero: The Bobby Moore Story
Director
Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming
Director
1990s
- 1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Director
- 1998
Parsifal: The Search for the Grail
Director
The Kindness of Strangers
Director
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
Director
- 1996
The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford
Director
Brahms and the Little Singing Girls
Director
- 1995
England, My England
Director
- 1993
Henryk Górecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Director
- 1991
- 1990
The Children
Director
Hindemith: A Pilgrim's Progress
Director
1980s
- 1988
Testimony
Director
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
Wagner
Director
- 1982
- 1981
Death in Venice
Director
At the Haunted End of the Day
Director
- 1980
The Space Movie
Director
1970s
- 1979
Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…
Director
- 1978
Callas: A Documentary
Director
- 1977
The Wigan Casino
Director
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
Director
- 1976
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
Director
Harriet at Play
Director
- 1974
Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour ’74
Director
Harriet At Butlins
Director
The World of Miss World
Director
- 1973
Ginger Baker: In Africa
Director
The World of Hugh Hefner
Director
- 1972
Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort
Director
- 1971
200 Motels
Director
- 1970
Colosseum and Juicy Lucy
Director
1960s
- 1969
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Director
- 1968
- 1967
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
Director
The Burning Fiery Furnace
Director
- 1966
Alice in Wonderland
Assistant Director
No release date
Mozart in Japan
Director
Edited 11
2010s
- 2013
Britten: Nocturne
Editor
2000s
- 2007
O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Editor
- 2005
Margot
Editor
- 2002
Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming
Editor
1980s
- 1988
Testimony
Editor
- 1981
Death in Venice
Editor
1970s
- 1974
The World of Miss World
Editor
- 1973
Ginger Baker: In Africa
Editor
- 1970
Performance.
Editor
1960s
- 1967
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
Editor
Wrote 10
2010s
- 2017
The Beatles And World War II
Writer
- 2010
Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire
Writer
2000s
- 2006
Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams
Writer
1980s
- 1988
Testimony
Writer
- 1987
Code Name Vengeance
Writer
- 1980
The Space Movie
Writer
1970s
- 1977
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
Writer
- 1972
Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort
Writer
- 1971
200 Motels
Writer
1960s
- 1967
The Burning Fiery Furnace
Writer
Acted in 1
2010s
- 2013
The Piano Room
Movie
Art department 1
1980s
- 1988
Testimony
Production Design
Produced 1
1980s
- 1988
Testimony
Producer
Camera 1
1970s
- 1971
200 Motels
Director of Photography
Appearances9
2020s
- 2025
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Self
- 2021
All We Got Was Love
Self
2010s
- 2014
- 2013
Staircases to Nowhere: Making Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
Himself - interviewee (2026 special edition)
- 2012
Keep on Burning: The Story of Northern Soul
Self
2000s
- 2009
Led Zeppelin: Dazed & Confused
Himself
1980s
- 1988
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Self
1970s
- 1971
The Making of 200 Motels
Self
No release date
Mozart in Japan
Himself · 1 episode