Peter Brook
English theatre and film director (1925–2022)
1.18body-of-work score · ranked #766 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- March 21, 1925 · London
- Died
- July 2, 2022 · Paris
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, France
- Work
- theatre director, film director, theatrologist, screenwriter
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1Marat/SadeThe Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
1966 · United Kingdom · drama
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1968 #4 · Ebert's annual top 10 1967 #13
0.562 citations - 2Seven Days... Seven NightsModerato cantabile
1960 · France / Italy · drama, romance
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1961 #10
0.291 citation - 30.171 citation
- 40.161 citation
Complete filmography
All 18 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1953The Beggar's Opera
- 1960Seven Days... Seven Nights
- 1963Lord of the Flies
- 1966Marat/Sade
- 1967Ride of the Valkyrie
- 1968Tell Me Lies
- 1971King Lear
- 1979Meetings with Remarkable Men
- 1982La Cerisaie
- 1983The Tragedy of Carmen
- 1989The Mahabharata; Episode 2: Exile In The Forest.
- 1989The Mahabharata; Episode 3: The War.
- 1989The Mahabharata. Episode 1: A Game Of Dice
- 2002The Tragedy of Hamlet
- —La Tragédie de Carmen 1
- —La Tragédie de Carmen 2
- —La Tragédie de Carmen 3
- —Red, White and Zero