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Peter Sellars

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Highly controversial stage director known for re-staging operas in ultramodern settings, such as Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" in the Trump Towers Building.

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2012 Iolanta/Perséphone (TV movie) (opera director)
 
2011 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series) (production - 1 episode)
– John Adams: Nixon in China (2011) (production)
 
2007 Doctor Atomic (TV movie) (directed for stage: Opera production)
 
2000 El niño (TV movie) (opera director)
 
1996 Theodora (TV movie) (opera director)
 
1993 The Seven Deadly Sins (TV movie) (directed for stage)
 
1992 Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen (TV documentary) (staged by: "Saint François d'Assise")
 
1990 Giulio Cesare in Egitto (TV movie) (opera director)
 
1990/I Don Giovanni (TV movie) (opera director)
 
Great Performances (TV series) (directed for stage - 1 episode, 1990) (directed for stage: opera production - 1 episode, 1988) (stage director: opera - 1 episode, 1990)
– Così fan tutte (1990) (directed for stage)
– Le nozze di Figaro (1990) (stage director: opera)
– Nixon in China (1988) (directed for stage: opera production)
 
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2012 Iolanta/Perséphone (TV movie)
 
2011 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series)
– John Adams: Nixon in China (2011)
 
2007 Doctor Atomic (TV movie)
 
2004 L'amour de loin (TV movie)
 
1996 Theodora (TV movie)
 
1993 The Seven Deadly Sins (TV movie)
 
1991 The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
 
1990 Giulio Cesare in Egitto (TV movie)
 
1990/I Don Giovanni (TV movie)
 
1990 Great Performances (TV series)
– Così fan tutte (1990)
– Le nozze di Figaro (1990)
 
Show ShowActor (6 titles)
???? Dau (post-production)
Prof. Sellars
 
2008 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
Stage Director
– Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic' (2008) … Stage Director
 
1988 The Equalizer (TV series)
Woody
– Last Call (1988) … Woody
 
1987 Happy New Year
Dinner Guest
 
1987 King Lear
William Shaksper Junior the Fifth (uncredited)
 
1985 Miami Vice (TV series)
Dr. Ohara
– Tale of the Goat (1985) … Dr. Ohara
 
Show ShowWriter (5 titles)
2008 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series)
– Doctor Atomic (2008) (libretto)
 
2007 Doctor Atomic (TV movie) (libretto)
 
2000 El niño (TV movie)
 
1991 The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (written by)
 
1987 King Lear (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
2008 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic' (2008) ("Doctor Atomic")
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2011 Portraits in Dramatic Time (additional thanks)
 
2009 Gronk's Tormenta: A Method (documentary short) (thanks)
 
2000 Hamlet (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
2012 Mi reino por un caballo (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.84 (2012) … Himself
– Episode #1.81 (2012) … Himself
– Episode #1.79 (2012) … Himself
– Episode #1.78 (2012) … Himself
 
2011 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series)
Himself - Intermission Interviewee
– John Adams: Nixon in China (2011) … Himself - Intermission Interviewee
 
2008 Passions d'opéra: Soixante ans d'art lyrique à Aix-en-Provence (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 A Journey with Peter Sellars (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Wonders Are Many (documentary)
Himself - Librettist/Director
 
2005 Chaos and Order: Making American Theater (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Betty Freeman: A Life for the Unknown (TV documentary)
Stage Director
 
2003 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution (2003) … Himself
 
2002 Foreigners out! Schlingensiefs Container (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Peter Sellars: A Portrait (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Nulle part ailleurs (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 September 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
1993 Retour au baroque (TV series documentary)
Director
 
1992 Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen (TV documentary)
Director
 
1968 Will the Real Mr Sellars...? (TV documentary)
 
1965 Late Night Lineup (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 March 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2005 The Comedians' Comedian (TV documentary)
 
1995 Screen-Play for Three (short)
 
1993 Monkey Business (video documentary short)
PG Tips Chimp (voice) (archive sound)
 
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(January 2003): Directed "The Children of Herakles" play by Euripides in an English translation by Ralph Gladstone (Loeb Drama Center, Cambridge, Massachussets, USA). See more »
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Highly controversial stage director known for re-staging operas in ultramodern settings, such as Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" in the Trump Towers Building. See more »

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