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Tony Palmer

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.

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2010

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2009

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Director

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2006

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2004

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Hero: The Bobby Moore Story

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2002

Director

Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming

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2002

Director, Editor

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

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1999

Director

Parsifal: The Search for the Grail

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1998

Director

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1998

Director

Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow

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Director

The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford

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1996

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1996

Director

England, My England

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Director

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1993

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Menuhin, A Family Portrait

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1991

Director

The Children

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1990

Director

Hindemith: A Pilgrim's Progress

Hindemith: A Pilgrim's Progress

1990

Director

Testimony

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1988

Director, Editor, Producer, Writer, Production Design

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

1988

Director

Code Name: Vengeance

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1987

Writer

God Rot Tunbridge Wells!

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1985

Director

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Wagner

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1983

Director

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1982

Director

Death in Venice

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Editor, Director

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1981

Director

The Space Movie

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1980

Writer, Director

Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…

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1979

Director

Callas: A Documentary

Callas: A Documentary

1978

Director

The Wigan Casino

The Wigan Casino

1977

Director

Mighty Good: The Beatles

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1977

Director

All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music

All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music

1977

Director, Writer

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1976

Director

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1974

Director

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1974

Editor, Director

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1974

Director

The World of Liberace

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1973

Director, Editor

Ginger Baker: In Africa

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1973

Director, Editor

The World of Hugh Hefner

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1973

Director

Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort

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1972

Director, Writer

200 Motels

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1971

Director, Writer, Cinematography

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1970

Editor

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1969

Director

All My Loving

All My Loving

1968

Director

Benjamin Britten and His Festival

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1967

Editor, Director

The Burning Fiery Furnace

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1967

Director, Writer

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