Tony Palmer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tony Palmer

English film director and author

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1941

Place of Birth: London

Profession: music critic, film director, film producer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Tony Palmer (born 29 August 1941 in London) is a British film director and author.
His work includes over 100 films, ranging from early works with The Beatles, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Rory Gallagher (Irish Tour '74) 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.