Tony Palmer
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…
Known For
Performance
Editor
200 Motels
Director
Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour ’74
Director
Wagner
Director
Led Zeppelin: Dazed & Confused
Himself
Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral
Director
Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire
Director
Staircases to Nowhere: Making Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
Himself - interviewee (2026 special edition)
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Filmography
Acting (9)
Movies (9)
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025as Self
All We Got Was Love
2021as Self
Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers
2014as Self
The Piano Room
2013
Staircases to Nowhere: Making Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
2013as Himself - interviewee (2026 special edition)
Keep on Burning: The Story of Northern Soul
2012as Self
Led Zeppelin: Dazed & Confused
2009as Himself
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
1988as Self
Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels
1971as Self
Crew (82)
Movies (79)
Leonard Cohen: The Bird on a Wire Concerts
2024Director
The Beatles And World War II
2017Director
The Beatles And World War II
2017Writer
Vangelis: The Interviews
2016Director
Britten: Nocturne
2013Director
Britten: Nocturne
2013Editor
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
2012Director
Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter
2011Director
Rope Ladder to the Moon
2010Director
Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire
2010Director
Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire
2010Writer
The Wagner Family
2009Director
O, Fortuna!
2008Director
O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams
2007Director
O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams
2007Editor
Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral
2006Director
Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams
2006Director
Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams
2006Writer
Margot
2005Director
Margot
2005Editor
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
2004Director
Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming
2002Director
Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming
2002Editor
Hero: The Bobby Moore Story
2002Director
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999Director
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
1998Director
The Kindness of Strangers
1998Director
Parsifal: The Search for the Grail
1998Director
Brahms and the Little Singing Girls
1996Director
The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford
1996Director
England, My England
1995Director
Henryk Górecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
1993Director
Menuhin, A Family Portrait
1991Director
Hindemith: A Pilgrim's Progress
1990Director
The Children
1990Director
Testimony
1988Director
Testimony
1988Editor
Testimony
1988Producer
Testimony
1988Production Design
Testimony
1988Writer
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988Director
Code Name Vengeance
1987Writer
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
1985Director
Puccini
1984Director
Stravinsky: Once at a Border...
1982Director
Death in Venice
1981Director
Death in Venice
1981Editor
At the Haunted End of the Day
1981Director
The Space Movie
1980Director
The Space Movie
1980Writer
Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…
1979Director
Callas: A Documentary
1978Director
Mighty Good: The Beatles
1977Director
The Wigan Casino
1977Director
Harriet at Play
1976Director
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
1976Director
The World of Miss World
1974Director
The World of Miss World
1974Editor
Harriet At Butlins
1974Director
Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour ’74
1974Director
Ginger Baker: In Africa
1973Director
Ginger Baker: In Africa
1973Editor
The World of Liberace
1973Director
The World of Liberace
1973Editor
The World of Hugh Hefner
1973Director
Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort
1972Director
Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort
1972Writer
200 Motels
1971Director
200 Motels
1971Director of Photography
200 Motels
1971Writer
Performance
1970Editor
Colosseum and Juicy Lucy
1970Director
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969Director
Cream: Farewell Concert
1969Director
All My Loving
1968Director
The Burning Fiery Furnace
1967Director
The Burning Fiery Furnace
1967Writer
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
1967Director
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
1967Editor
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