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 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.
Filmography
all 40
Movies 38
self 21
Director 13
Writer 3
TV Shows 2
Creator 1
Producer 1
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit (2018)
Beckett by Brook (2018)
The Roof (2016)
Don Giovanni (2002)
Looking for Richard (1996)
The Mahabharata (1990)
The Mahabharata (1990)
La Cerisaie (1982)
Red, White, and Zero (1979)
Ride of the Valkyrie (1977)
King Lear (1971)
Akropolis (1968)
Tell Me Lies (1968)
Marat/Sade (1967)
Lord of the Flies (1963)
King Lear (1953)
The Beggar's Opera (1953)
Box for One (1949)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1925-03-21
Deathday2022-07-02 (97 years old)
Birth NamePeter Stephen Paul Brook
Birth PlaceChiswick, United Kingdom
RelationshipsNatasha Parry (1951 - 2015)
ChildrenSimon Brook, Irina Brook
SiblingsAlexis Brook
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, France
AwardsPresident's Medal, Padma Shri in arts, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Companion of Honour, honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University, World Award of Humanism, prix Giles, Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts, Europe Theatre Prize, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, International Ibsen Award, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Medal of the City of Paris, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Dan David Prize, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Praemium Imperiale
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