Peter Sellars
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 27, 1957, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Movies
- 45
Upcoming Peter Sellars Movies
Das Theater im Sucher - Die Fotografin Ruth Walz
2026
October 21, 2026
Best-Known Movies
6.5
King Lear
1988
7.6
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
2019
6.7
Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container
2002
5.8
Happy New Year
1987
5.2
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
1991
4.0
DAU. Cinema
2020
6.9
DAU
2026
8.3
Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories
2015
2.0
Reza Abdoh: Theater Visionary
2015
7.5
John Adams: Nixon in China
2011
Filmography
| 2026 | Das Theater im Sucher - Die Fotografin Ruth Walz | Self |
| 2026 | DAU | |
| 2025 | SIMON! The Joy of Conducting | Self |
| 2020 | Jedermann auf der Weltbühne – 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele | Self |
| 2020 | DAU. Cinema | Self |
| 2019 | Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am | Self |
| 2018 | Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life | Himself |
| 2015 | Reza Abdoh: Theater Visionary | Self |
| 2015 | Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories | Self |
| 2013 | Britten: Nocturne | Himself |
| 2006 | Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams | Self |
| 2004 | Peter Sellars: A Portrait | Self |
| 2003 | Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution | Self |
| 2002 | Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container | Self |
| 2000 | John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music | Self |
| 1992 | Letter to Peter | Self - Director |
| 1990 | Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera with Peter Sellars | |
| 1988 | King Lear | William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth |
| 1987 | Happy New Year | Dinner Guest |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2025 | Opéra National de Paris: Castor et Pollux by Jean-Philippe Rameau | Director |
| 2021 | this body is so impermanent… | Producer, Director |
| 2019 | Mozart: Idomeneo | Director |
| 2018 | Wagner: Tristan und Isolde | Director |
| 2017 | Only the Sound Remains | Director |
| 2017 | Mozart: La clemenza di Tito | Director |
| 2015 | Pelleas et Melisande | Director |
| 2014 | Bach: St. John Passion | Director |
| 2012 | Iolanta / Perséphone – Teatro Real | Director |
| 2012 | Purcell: The Indian Queen | Director |
| 2011 | John Adams: Nixon in China | Director |
| 2010 | Bach: St. Matthew Passion | Director |
| 2008 | Adams: Doctor Atomic | Writer |
| 2007 | John Adams: Doctor Atomic | Director, Writer |
| 2004 | Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin | Director |
| 2004 | The Tristan Project | Producer |
| 2000 | John Adams: El Niño | Writer, Director |
| 1996 | Theodora | Director |
| 1994 | It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice | Director |
| 1993 | The Seven Deadly Sins | Director |
| 1991 | The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez | Director, Writer |
| 1991 | Don Giovanni | Director |
| 1990 | The Marriage of Figaro | Director |
| 1990 | Don Giovanni | Director |
| 1990 | Così fan tutte | Director |
| 1990 | Handel: Giulio Cesare | Director |
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