Portrait of Peter Sellars

Directing

Peter Sellars

Career

Active from 1988 to 2025, busiest in 1990 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for King Lear
King Lear
GoodWatch score63/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Peter Sellars Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    0.3, average 3.0
  • Historical
    0.1, average 2.6
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.6, average 5.4
  • Spiritual
    0.3, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Opera 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

32
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Opéra National de Paris: Castor et Pollux by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Opéra National de Paris: Castor et Pollux by Jean-Philippe Rameau (2025)

Stage Director, Director

this body is so impermanent…
this body is so impermanent… (2021)

Producer, Director

2010s

11 titles
Mozart: Idomeneo
Mozart: Idomeneo (2019)

Director

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (2018)

Director

Only the Sound Remains
Only the Sound Remains (2017)

Director

Mozart: La clemenza di Tito
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito (2017)

Director, Stage Director

Pelleas et Melisande
Pelleas et Melisande (2015)

Director

Bach: St. John Passion
Bach: St. John Passion (2014)

Director

Purcell: The Indian Queen
Purcell: The Indian Queen (2012)

Stage Director, Director

Stravinsky's Perséphone
Stravinsky's Perséphone (2012)

Stage Director

Iolanta / Perséphone – Teatro Real
Iolanta / Perséphone – Teatro Real (2012)

Director

John Adams: Nixon in China
John Adams: Nixon in China (2011)

Director

Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Bach: St. Matthew Passion (2010)

Director

2000s

5 titles
Adams: Doctor Atomic
Adams: Doctor Atomic (2008)

Writer

John Adams: Doctor Atomic
John Adams: Doctor Atomic (2007)

Director, Writer

Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin
Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin (2004)

Director

The Tristan Project
The Tristan Project (2004)

Producer

John Adams: El Niño
John Adams: El Niño (2000)

Writer, Director

1990s

10 titles · average score 53
Theodora
Theodora (1996)

Director, Director of Photography

It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice (1994)

Director

The Seven Deadly Sins
The Seven Deadly Sins (1993)

Director

Letter to Peter
Letter to Peter (1992)

Stage Director

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (1991)
GoodWatch score 53

Director, Writer

Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni (1991)

Director

Handel: Giulio Cesare
Handel: Giulio Cesare (1990)

Director

Così fan tutte
Così fan tutte (1990)

Director

The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro (1990)

Director

Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni (1990)

Director

1980s

4 titles · average score 62
King Lear
King Lear (1988)
GoodWatch score 63

as William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth

Happy New Year
Happy New Year (1987)
GoodWatch score 46

as Dinner Guest

The Equalizer
The Equalizer (1985)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Woody

Miami Vice
Miami Vice (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Dr. Ohara