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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Palmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
as SelfA one-hour documentary on the making of Frank Zappa's bizarre 1971 comic musical. Vintage...
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Keep on Burning: The Story of Northern Soul
as SelfKeep on Burning tells the fascinating story of the world's most enduring underground music...
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The Piano Room
as uncreditedA run-down hotel room, a piano, a maid and the guests who stay there. Life begins, life ends,...
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Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers
as SelfAfter disbanding the original Mothers of Invention in '69, Frank Zappa unleashed a second...
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Led Zeppelin: Dazed & Confused
as HimselfA rare look at Led Zeppelin, from their humble beginnings to their status as rock gods. The...
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All We Got Was Love
as SelfTony Palmer appeared at Harrogate Film Festival on 12 March 2020 as part of a celebration of his...
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