
Tony Palmer
Born August 29, 1941 in London (age 85)
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.
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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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LearningFalls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard2012
LearningMargot2005
LearningThe Strange Case of Delfina Potocka1999
LearningRachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow1998
LearningEngland, My England1995
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection1990
LearningThe Children1990
LearningTestimony1988
LearningIn from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton1988
LearningPuccini1984
LearningThe Space Movie1980
LearningCallas: A Documentary1978
LearningFairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort1972
Learning200 Motels1971
LearningColosseum and Juicy Lucy1970
LearningBenjamin Britten and His Festival1967
LearningThe Burning Fiery Furnace1967




