Peter Sellars (born September 27, 1957) 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. He has been described as a key figure of theatre and opera for the last 50 years.
Filmography (42 movies)
10.0
10.0
Theodora
1996
Director
9.0
9.0
Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories
2015
as Self
9.0
9.0
Purcell: The Indian Queen
2012
Director
8.0
8.0
SIMON! The Joy of Conducting
2025
as Self
7.5
7.5
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
2019
as Self
7.5
7.5
John Adams: Nixon in China
2011
Director
7.0
7.0
Don Giovanni
1991
Director
6.6
6.6
Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container
2002
as Himself
6.4
6.4
King Lear
1988
Writer
5.5
5.5
Happy New Year
1987
as Dinner Guest
4.9
4.9
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
1991
Director
4.0
4.0
DAU. Cinema
2018
as Self
2.0
2.0
Reza Abdoh: Theater Visionary
2015
as Self
John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music
2000
as Self
Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera with Peter Sellars
1990
Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution
2003
as Self
Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams
2006
as Self
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
2018
as Himself
Jedermann auf der Weltbühne – 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
2020
as Self
Britten: Nocturne
2013
as Himself
Peter Sellars: A Portrait
2004
as Self
Bach: St. John Passion
2014
Director
Adams: Doctor Atomic
2008
Writer
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
2010
Director
Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin
2004
Director
Only the Sound Remains
2017
Director
Iolanta / Perséphone – Teatro Real
2012
Director
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
2018
Director
Mozart: Idomeneo
2019
Director
The Seven Deadly Sins
1993
Director
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito
2017
Director
The Tristan Project
2004
Producer
this body is so impermanent…
2021
Producer
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
1994
Director
Pelleas et Melisande
2015
Director
Opéra National de Paris: Castor et Pollux by Jean-Philippe Rameau