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Richard Eyre

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British actor and director

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Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre is an English film, theatre, television and opera director. Eyre has received numerous accolades including three Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nominations for six BAFTA Awards and two Tony Awards.

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Eyre was the associate director at the Royal Lyceum Theatre from 1967 to 1972Eyre was the associate director at the Royal Lyceum Theatre from 1967 to 1972Eyre was the artistic director of the National Theatre from 1987 to 1997.Eyre was the artistic director of the National Theatre from 1987 to 1997.Eyre directed Judi Dench in the films Iris (2001), and Notes on a Scandal (2006) for which she earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best ActressEyre directed Judi Dench in the films Iris (2001), and Notes on a Scandal (2006) for which she earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress

Filmography 40

Atonement2007 · ★ 7.6
Notes on a Scandal2006 · ★ 7.1
The Children Act2018 · ★ 6.6
Iris2001 · ★ 6.4
The Other Man2008 · ★ 5.4
Richard III1995 · ★ 6.8
King Lear2018 · ★ 6.1
Stage Beauty2004 · ★ 6.6
The Dresser2015 · ★ 6.2
Allelujah2023
Tumbledown1988
The Ploughman's Lunch1983
Suddenly, Last Summer1993
The Insurance Man1986
Rockaby2000
The Imitation Game1980
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage2016
Loose Connections1984
Laughterhouse1984
Maggie Smith at the BBC: a portrait2008
V.1987
Bizet: Carmen2010
Comedians1979
The ROH Live: La Traviata2016
Country1981
King Lear1998
The Cherry Orchard1981
Just a Boys' Game1979
Long Distance Information1979
The Absence of War1995
Ghosts2014
Bizet: Carmen2014
The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro2025
Light1979
The Housekeeper
Royal Opera House: La Traviata2009
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice1980
Vincent in Brixton2003
The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something1980
Chance of a Lifetime1980

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Television 8

Play for Today1970
Screen Two1985
The Hollow Crown2012
Performance1991
Remembers…2022
10 Minute Tales2009
Sunday Premiere1986
Londoners1965

Awards 8

2017Companion of Honour
2011Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Officer of Arts and Letters
Laurence Olivier Awards
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Bachelor
Drama League Award
Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts

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Renée FlemingAlso in Royal Opera House: La Traviata (2009)Ildar AbdrazakovAlso in Bizet: Carmen (2014)Roberto AlagnaAlso in Bizet: Carmen (2010)Natasha RichardsonAlso in Suddenly, Last Summer (1993)Ian McEwanAlso in The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)Penelope WiltonAlso in Rockaby (2000)

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Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre is an English film, theatre, television and opera director. Eyre has received numerous accolades including three Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nominations for six BAFTA Awards and two Tony Awards. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1992 News Year Honours, and knighted in the 1997 New Year Honours.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
living
Dates
Born 1943 · age 83
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