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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Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 3.224 |
Birthday | 1941-08-29 |
Place of Birth | London |
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2009
Led Zeppelin: Dazed & Confused
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Led Zeppelin: Dazed & Confused
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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
9/1
A one-hour documentary on the making of Frank Zappa's bizarre 1971 comic musical. Vintage private footage from Frank's personal archives plus behind-t...
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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
2013
The Piano Room
5.5/6
A run-down hotel room, a piano, a maid and the guests who stay there. Life begins, life ends, and lives are changed forever in the piano room.
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The Piano Room
2012
Keep on Burning: The Story of Northern Soul
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Keep on Burning tells the fascinating story of the world's most enduring underground music movement: Northern Soul. Featuring key DJ's, journalists an...
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Keep on Burning: The Story of Northern Soul
2021
All We Got Was Love
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Tony Palmer appeared at Harrogate Film Festival on 12 March 2020 as part of a celebration of his work which included a screening of Mighty Good, his t...
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All We Got Was Love
2014
Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers
8/2
After disbanding the original Mothers of Invention in '69, Frank Zappa unleashed a second incarnation of the band by '70. This film focuses on the sop...
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Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers
1971
Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels
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Making of "200 Motels".
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