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Peter Brook

Peter Brook

Known For Directing
Birthday Mar 21, 1925
Died Jul 02, 2022 (97)
Birthplace London, England, UK
Popularity 6 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
Links TMDb IMDb
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 f ... irst 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.

Known For

Filmography

The Roof

The Roof

2016

as Peter Brook

The Mahabharata

The Mahabharata

1990

Writer

Ride of the Valkyrie

Ride of the Valkyrie

1977

Writer

King Lear

King Lear

1971

Writer

Tell Me Lies

Tell Me Lies

1968

Writer

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

1963

Writer, Editor

King Lear

King Lear

1953

Writer

Box for One

Box for One

1949

Writer

Beckett by Brook

Beckett by Brook

2018

Director

The Tragedy of Hamlet

The Tragedy of Hamlet

2002

Director

The Mahabharata

The Mahabharata

1990

Director

Ride of the Valkyrie

Ride of the Valkyrie

1977

Director

King Lear

King Lear

1971

Director

Tell Me Lies

Tell Me Lies

1968

Director

Marat/Sade

Marat/Sade

1967

Director

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

1963

Director

The Beggar's Opera

The Beggar's Opera

1953

Director

Tell Me Lies

Tell Me Lies

1968

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

No data available

Spécial cinéma

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1974

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