Peter Sellars Filmography

Occupation:: Actor, Director, Screenwriter

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Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic

Actors: Peter Sellars, Freeman Dyson, John Adams, Gerald Finley, Ian Robertson

Synopsis: The creation of atomic weapons by a team of scientists led by Robert Oppenheimer in 1945 had a powerful impact on nearly every aspect of American culture, so it's not surprising that composer John Adams and director Peter Sellars, two leading figures in contemporary opera, would collaborate on a Read More

5/30/08
A Journey with Peter Sellars

Synopsis: The title is a literal one: Mark Kidel's A Journey with Peter Sellars embarks on a day-by-day journey with the titular celebrity, one of the top-tiered film and stage directors in the modern world, and easily one of the most controversial, given his postmodern inclination to reposit classical Read More

2008
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Synopsis: Director Olivier Jahan offers an glimpse into The Director's Fortnight, a sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival conceived by a group of filmmakers known as the Société des Réalisateurs de Films who sought to counter the academism of the main part of the world-renowned festival. Pierre-Henri Deleau Read More

2008
Doctor Atomic

Crew: Stage Director

Actors: Gerald Finley, Jessica Rivera, Eric Owens, Richard Paul Fink, James Maddalena

Synopsis: Composer John Adams authored this distinctly modern opera, commissioned and mounted by The San Francisco Opera in conjunction with De Nederlandse Opera and The Lyric Opera of Chicago, and helmed for the stage by the controversial Peter Sellars. Written and performed entirely in English, it weaves Read More

2007
Art and Life: Finding the Thread - An Intimate Portrait of Peter Sellars

Actors: Peter Sellars

2004
The Seven Deadly Sins

Crew: Stage Director

Synopsis: In this production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's final collaboration, Peter Sellars inter-cuts footage he personally shot in on-location in America with original footage of the stage performance to achieve a striking visual effect. Teresa Stratas and Nora Kimball star, and conductor Kent Read More

1993
Giulio Cesare

Crew: Director

Actors: Jeffrey Gall

Synopsis: A Peter Sellars' production of Handel's opera. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1992
Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Joan Cusack, Peter Gallagher, Ron Vawter, Werner Klemperer

Synopsis: Flamboyant Broadway renaissance man Peter Sellars was the director of The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez. This freewheeling musical horror spoof isn't meant to be taken seriously, so don't be fooled by those Karloffian trappings. Ron Vawter plays the title character for all it's worth. He has to, with Read More

1991
Le Nozze di Figaro

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Peter Sellars directs Mozart's "Nozze Di Figaro" accompanied by the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Craig Smith with the Arnold Schonberg Choir in Italian with English subtitles. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1990
Don Giovanni [Wiener Symphoniker]

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Directed by the unpredictable Peter Sellars, this version of Mozart's opera is in present-day Harlem. Featuring the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra and the Arnold Schonberg Choir, this is in Italian with English subtitles. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1990
Cosi Fan Tutte

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Celebrated stage director Peter Sellars supervised this unusual production of Mozart's beloved comic opera, with the action transferred to a diner near the seashore sometime in the '50s. In Cosi Fan Tutte, Ferrando (Frank Kelley) and Guilielmo (James Maddalena) are two bachelors who decide to find Read More

1990
King Lear

Actors: Burgess Meredith, Peter Sellars, Molly Ringwald, Jean-Luc Godard, Woody Allen

Synopsis: Two highly talented and innovative directors -- filmdom's Jean-Luc Godard and the theatre world's Peter Sellars -- join forces in this unusual (to say the least) slant on Shakespeare's King Lear. This offbeat adaptation gives the viewer a postmodern taste of Shakespeare through the eyes of a Read More

1/22/88
Happy New Year

Actors: Peter Falk, Charles Durning, Wendy Hughes, Tom Courtenay, Joan Copeland

Synopsis: Happy New Year is an Americanized remake of the 1974 French film of the same name. Peter Falk and Charles Durning play Nick and Charlie, a pair of seedy but suave jewel thieves. Preparing to rob the exclusive Florida jewelry store managed by Tom Courtenay, Nick and Charlie meticulously pre-plan Read More

8/7/87
Don Giovanni [Teatro Alla Scala]

Crew: Director

Synopsis: One of Mozart's most popular operas receives a stellar production from the respected La Scalla company as preserved in this video, starring British baritone Thomas Allen in the title role. The supporting cast includes Edita Gruberova, Ann Murray and Francisco Araiza. Don Giovanni is performed in Read More

1987
Soviet Army Chorus, Band, and Dance Ensemble

Synopsis: This documentary captures a performance featuring over one-hundred singers and dancers showcasing various traditional Russian music and dances. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

1981
Israel Folk Dance Festival

1981
L'Amour de Loin

Crew: Director

Synopsis: This video contains a 2004 production of the opera L'Amour de Loin composed by Finland's Kaija Saariaho. Esa-Pekka Salonen performs the part of the main character. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More