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Tony Palmer

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 from the New York Film Festival as well as numerous BAFTAs and Emmy Awards. Palmer has won the Prix Italia twice,for A Time There Was in 1980 and At the Haunted End of the Day in 1981. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and an honorary citizen of both New Orleans and Athens. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Palmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    


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Born:
Aug 29, 1941 In London
Movie/TV Credits:
9
First Appeared:
In the movie The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang 1979-11-20
Latest Project:
Movie Local Haunts 2024-12-31
Known For
Poster of All We Got Was Love
Poster of Keep on Burning: The Story of Northern Soul
Poster of Led Zeppelin: Dazed & Confused
Poster of The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Filmography
Movie Local Haunts Virgil 2024-12-31
Movie All We Got Was Love Self 2021-07-20
Movie Devil in a Dress Jonny 2020-05-10
Movie The Piano Room 2013-09-15
Movie Keep on Burning: The Story of Northern Soul Self 2012-12-03
Movie Led Zeppelin: Dazed & Confused Himself 2009-09-01
Movie The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels Self 1988-01-01
Movie City in Fear 1980-03-30
Movie The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang Stationmaster 1979-11-20