Tony Palmer

Tony Palmer

🎞 Director

Born

29 August 1941 (84)

Place of Birth

London

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 f...

Filmography (40)

Richard Burton: Wild Genius

Richard Burton: Wild Genius

2025

7.5
Leonard Cohen: The Bird on a Wire Concerts

Leonard Cohen: The Bird on a Wire Concerts

2024

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All We Got Was Love

All We Got Was Love

2021

The Beatles And World War II

The Beatles And World War II

2017

🎬 Director
Vangelis: The Interviews

Vangelis: The Interviews

2016

🎬 Director
Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers

Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers

2014

8.0
Britten: Nocturne

Britten: Nocturne

2013

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The Piano Room

The Piano Room

2013

5.0
Staircases to Nowhere: Making Stanley Kubrick's The Shining

Staircases to Nowhere: Making Stanley Kubrick's The Shining

2013

8.0
Keep on Burning: The Story of Northern Soul

Keep on Burning: The Story of Northern Soul

2012

Falls the Shadow:  The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

2012

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Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter

Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter

2011

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Rope Ladder to the Moon

Rope Ladder to the Moon

2010

10.0
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Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire

Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire

2010

5.2
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The Wagner Family

The Wagner Family

2009

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Led Zeppelin: Dazed & Confused

Led Zeppelin: Dazed & Confused

2009

6.8
O, Fortuna!

O, Fortuna!

2008

🎬 Director
O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams

O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams

2007

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Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral

Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral

2006

10.0
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Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams

Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams

2006

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Margot

Margot

2005

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Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival

Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival

2004

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Hero: The Bobby Moore Story

Hero: The Bobby Moore Story

2002

8.0
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Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming

Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming

2002

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The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

1999

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Parsifal: The Search for the Grail

Parsifal: The Search for the Grail

1998

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The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

1998

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Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow

Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow

1998

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The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford

The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford

1996

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Brahms and the Little Singing Girls

Brahms and the Little Singing Girls

1996

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England, My England

England, My England

1995

5.0
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Henryk Górecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

Henryk Górecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

1993

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Menuhin, A Family Portrait

Menuhin, A Family Portrait

1991

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The Children

The Children

1990

3.8
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Hindemith: A Pilgrim's Progress

Hindemith: A Pilgrim's Progress

1990

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Testimony

Testimony

1988

4.5
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In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

1988

6.0
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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

1988

7.5
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!

God Rot Tunbridge Wells!

1985

4.0
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Puccini

Puccini

1984

1.0
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