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Peter Glenville | |
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| Born | Peter Patrick Brabazon Browne 28 October 1913 |
| Died | 3 June 1996 (aged 82) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
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| Parent(s) | Shaun Glenville (father) Dorothy Ward (mother) |
| Website | peterglenville |
Peter Glenville (born Peter Patrick Brabazon Browne; 28 October 1913 – 3 June 1996) was an English theatre and film director, and actor. He was a prominent director of stage plays on the West End and Broadway in the 1950s. He was nominated for four Tony Awards for his American plays.[1]
In the following decade, he transitioned to become a film director. His first film, The Prisoner (1955), was nominated for Best Film and Best British Film at the 9th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA).
Glenville was nominated for a Best Director Oscar and a Golden Globe for the 1964 film adaptation of the Jean Anouilh play Becket. He had previously directed the stage version. Two of his other films, Summer and Smoke (1961) and Term of Trial (1962), were both nominated for the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion. In 2013 critic Rupert Christiansen posthumously described him as a "forgotten giant of mid-20th-century directing."[2]
- ^ "Peter Glenville". Playbill.
- ^ "Peter Glenville: the forgotten giant of mid-20th century directing". The Telegraph. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2023.