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Peter Sellars

American theatre director · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1957 · age 69

Peter Sellars is an American theatre director, noted for his unique stagings of classical and contemporary operas and plays. Sellars is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he teaches Art as Social Action and Art as Moral Action.

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2026DAUFilm2021this body is so impermanent…Film, Director, Producer2019Mozart: IdomeneoFilm, Director2017Mozart: La clemenza di TitoFilm, Director2014Polar Music PrizeAwardBach: St. John PassionFilm, 2014Director2012Iolanta / Perséphone - Teatro RealFilm, Director2010Bach: St. Matthew PassionFilm, Director2006Hail Bop! A Portrait of John AdamsFilm2003Alice Waters and Her Delicious RevolutionFilm2000John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American MusicFilm1998Erasmus PrizeAward1994It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars' The Merchant of VeniceFilm, Director1992Letter to PeterFilm1990Così fan tutteFilm, Director1987Happy New YearFilm, Dinner Guest1985The EqualizerSeries, Woody1984Miami ViceSeries, Dr. Ohara1957Born27 September 1957

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Filmography 40

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Television 2

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Awards

Polar Music Prize2014
Erasmus Prize1998
MacArthur Fellows Program

About this person

He has been described as a key figure of theatre and opera for the last 50 years.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1957 · age 69

In the same film or series as Peter

Leos CaraxAlso in King Lear (1988)Bill ViolaAlso in Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (2018)Bruce KirbyAlso in Happy New Year (1987)Del CloseAlso in It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice (1994)Magdalena KoženáAlso in Bach: St. John Passion (2014)