1925-03-21 ( 100 years old ) in London, England, UK
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.
Movies
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018-04-02
Beckett by Brook
2018-03-18
Strehler: Il mago dei prodigi
2017-12-18
The Roof
2016-03-31
The Tightrope
2012-09-01
BAM150
2012-04-27
Carrière, 250 Meters
2011-01-01
Brook by Brook
2002-01-24
Bennent mal vier
1998-12-06
Looking for Richard
1996-10-11
The Five Senses of Theatre
1994-05-29
The Empty Space
1975-01-01
The Benefit of the Doubt
1967-01-02
King Lear
1953-10-18
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