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Peter Brook
Born March 21, 1925 in London, England, UKDied July 2, 202215 films
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.
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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.
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First watchLord of the Flies19636.7Following a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival.View filmFilmography
15 films as director- 2018Beckett by BrookDirector
- 2002Don GiovanniDirector
- 2002The Tragedy of HamletDirector
- 1990The MahabharataDirector
- 1983The Tragedy of CarmenDirector
- 1982La CerisaieDirector
- 1979Meetings with Remarkable MenDirector
- 1977Ride of the ValkyrieDirector
- 1970King LearDirector
- 1968Tell Me LiesDirector
- 1968Red, White, and ZeroDirector
- 1967The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de SadeDirector
- 1963Lord of the FliesDirector
- 1960Seven Days… Seven NightsDirector
- 1953The Beggar's OperaDirector