Peter Brook
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.
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DirectingBirthday
March 21, 1925Deathday
July 2, 2022Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
34Place of birth
London, England, UK![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/6zwTYux8kOFllKfY4yO5FjhlYWb.jpg)
Cast credits
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Carrière, 250 Meters
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Brook by Brook
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The Tightrope
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Looking for Richard
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The Roof
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The Benefit of the Doubt
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The Empty Space
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Filmmaking Without Boundaries: Interview with Peter Brook
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
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Strehler: Il mago dei prodigi
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Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
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Bennent mal vier
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Beckett by Brook
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King Lear
Self – DirectorCrew credits
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Lord of the Flies
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King Lear
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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
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Seven Days… Seven Nights
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Meetings with Remarkable Men
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The Mahabharata
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The Tragedy of Hamlet
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gSyCFr1mC6xdA78k8TSTVDtNhtv.jpg)
King Lear
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Tell Me Lies
Director, Writer, Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/nzWKuu1d5CGO8RQGzfDfhzefTiv.jpg)
The Beggar's Opera
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Don Giovanni
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/zZGzBA6CTwK5FXqosKhw2VbpcMy.jpg)
The Tragedy of Carmen
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/aEGNZ1r7kdB43stYnE0SrOvrjqK.jpg)
Red, White, and Zero
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/uVWHZ23ISkRtux5S9YYfN2VULws.jpg)
Ride of the Valkyrie
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/r5viJgAJrfxw226K1OMnAkcoDCz.jpg)
Swann in Love
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La Cerisaie
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Beckett by Brook
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