Directing
Peter Sellars
- Titles
- 42movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1988 to 2025, busiest in 1990 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 24titles as director
- Average score
55/100
- Highest rated
King Lear59/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Tech & Humanity6.0average 1.6
- Satire & Parody6.5average 2.3
- Futuristic5.0average 1.0
- Pop Culture5.2average 2.2
- Social Commentary7.5average 4.9
- Politics5.0average 2.6
- Melancholy6.8average 4.7
- Wit & Wordplay5.7average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Historical0.2, average 2.6
- Coming of Age0.7, average 2.9
- Contemporary Realism3.2, average 5.2
- Fantasy0.2, average 1.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
James MaddalenaActorJohn Adams: Doctor Atomic, The Marriage of Figaro, Così fan tutte, Handel: Giulio Cesare, John Adams: Nixon in China
Lorraine HuntActorDon Giovanni, Don Giovanni, John Adams: El Niño, Handel: Giulio Cesare, Theodora
John AdamsComposerThe Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez, John Adams: El Niño, John Adams: Doctor Atomic, Adams: Doctor Atomic, John Adams: Nixon in China
Gerald FinleyActorJohn Adams: Doctor Atomic, Adams: Doctor Atomic, Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin, Pelleas et Melisande
Christian GerhaherActorBach: St. John Passion, Bach: St. Matthew Passion, Pelleas et Melisande- HHerbert PerryActorDon Giovanni, Don Giovanni, The Seven Deadly Sins
Dawn UpshawActorJohn Adams: El Niño, Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin, Theodora
Richard Paul FinkActorJohn Adams: Doctor Atomic, Adams: Doctor Atomic, John Adams: Nixon in China- SSusan LarsonActorThe Marriage of Figaro, Così fan tutte, Handel: Giulio Cesare
- FFrank KelleyActorThe Marriage of Figaro, Così fan tutte, The Seven Deadly Sins
Sanford SylvanActorThe Marriage of Figaro, Così fan tutte
Simon RattleActorBach: St. John Passion, Pelleas et Melisande
Movies and TV shows
312020s
2 titles
Opéra National de Paris: Castor et Pollux by Jean-Philippe Rameau (2025)
Stage Director, Director
this body is so impermanent… (2021)
Producer, Director
2010s
10 titles
Mozart: Idomeneo (2019)
Director
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito (2017)
Stage Director, Director
Only the Sound Remains (2017)
Director
Pelleas et Melisande (2015)
Director
Bach: St. John Passion (2014)
Director
Purcell: The Indian Queen (2012)
Director, Stage Director
Bach: St. Matthew Passion (2010)
Director
2000s
5 titles
John Adams: Doctor Atomic (2007)
Writer, Director
Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin (2004)
Director
The Tristan Project (2004)
Producer
John Adams: El Niño (2000)
Director, Writer
1990s
10 titles · average score 51
Theodora (1996)
Director of Photography, Director
The Seven Deadly Sins (1993)
Director
51
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (1991)
Writer, Director
Don Giovanni (1991)
Director
Così fan tutte (1990)
Director
The Marriage of Figaro (1990)
Director
Handel: Giulio Cesare (1990)
Director
Don Giovanni (1990)
Director
1980s
4 titles · average score 65
59
King Lear (1988)
as William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
Happy New Year (1987)
as Dinner Guest
63
The Equalizer (1985)
TV show · as Woody
75
Miami Vice (1984)
TV show · as Dr. Ohara