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 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
Film
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Self
2025
Film
Led Zeppelin: Dazed & Confused
Himself
2009
Film
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Self
1988
Film
The Making of 200 Motels
Self
1971
Film
Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers
Self
2014
Film
The Piano Room
2013
Film
Keep on Burning: The Story of Northern Soul
Self
2012
Film
All We Got Was Love
Self
2021
Filmography
2025FilmRichard Burton: Wild Geniusas Self2021FilmAll We Got Was Loveas Self2014FilmFrank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothersas Self2013FilmThe Piano Room2012FilmKeep on Burning: The Story of Northern Soulas Self2009FilmLed Zeppelin: Dazed & Confusedas Himself1988FilmThe True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motelsas Self1971FilmThe Making of 200 Motelsas Self