Portrait of Richard Eyre

Directing

Richard Eyre

Career

Active from 1969 to 2026, busiest in 1986 and 2014 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Hollow Crown
The Hollow Crown
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Richard Eyre Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.0, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 4
  • Class Conflict 3
  • Opera 3
  • Romantic Tragedy 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Classical Music 3
  • British Social Realism 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Melancholy 3
  • Operatic Tragedy 2
  • Emotional Catharsis 2
  • Moral Dilemma 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

60
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
The Metropolitan Opera: Le Nozze di Figaro
The Metropolitan Opera: Le Nozze di Figaro

Director

The Housekeeper
The Housekeeper

Director

Puccini's Manon Lescaut
Puccini's Manon Lescaut

Stage Director

2020s

5 titles Β· average score 43
Royal Ballet & Opera 2025/26: La Traviata
Royal Ballet & Opera 2025/26: La Traviata (2026)

Director

The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro
The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro (2025)

Director

Allelujah
Allelujah (2023)
GoodWatch score 43

Director

Remembers…
Remembers… (2022)

TV show Β· as Self

La Traviata - ROH
La Traviata - ROH (2022)

Director

2010s

12 titles Β· average score 75
The Metropolitan Opera: Carmen
The Metropolitan Opera: Carmen (2019)

Director, Production Design

Royal Opera House: La Traviata
Royal Opera House: La Traviata (2019)

Stage Director, Director

The Children Act
The Children Act (2018)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

King Lear
King Lear (2018)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer, Director

The ROH Live: La Traviata
The ROH Live: La Traviata (2016)

Director

Manon Lescaut - Metropolitan Opera
Manon Lescaut - Metropolitan Opera (2016)

Director, Producer

The Dresser
The Dresser (2015)
GoodWatch score 82

Director

Bizet: Carmen
Bizet: Carmen (2014)

Director, Production Design

Ghosts
Ghosts (2014)

Adaptation, Director

The Metropolitan Opera: Werther
The Metropolitan Opera: Werther (2014)

Stage Director, Director

The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro
The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro (2014)

Producer

Bizet: Carmen
Bizet: Carmen (2010)

Producer

2000s

9 titles Β· average score 67
Royal Opera House: La Traviata
Royal Opera House: La Traviata (2009)

Director

The Other Man
The Other Man (2008)
GoodWatch score 34

Director, Executive Producer

Atonement
Atonement (2007)
GoodWatch score 81

Executive Producer

Notes on a Scandal
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
GoodWatch score 77

Director

Stage Beauty
Stage Beauty (2004)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Executive Producer

Vincent in Brixton
Vincent in Brixton (2003)

Director

Iris
Iris (2001)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Screenplay

La Traviata
La Traviata (2001)

Stage Director

Rockaby
Rockaby (2000)

Director

1990s

4 titles Β· average score 78
King Lear
King Lear (1998)
GoodWatch score 80

Director

The Absence of War
The Absence of War (1995)

Director

Richard III
Richard III (1995)
GoodWatch score 82

Author, Theatre Play

Suddenly, Last Summer
Suddenly, Last Summer (1993)
GoodWatch score 72

Director

1980s

15 titles Β· average score 59
Tumbledown
Tumbledown (1988)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

V.
V. (1987)

Director

The Insurance Man
The Insurance Man (1986)

Director

Past Caring
Past Caring (1986)

Director

Loose Connections
Loose Connections (1984)

Director

Laughterhouse
Laughterhouse (1984)

Director

The Ploughman's Lunch
The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)
GoodWatch score 49

Director

The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard (1981)

Director

Country
Country (1981)

Director

The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game (1980)

Director

Pasmore
Pasmore (1980)

Writer, Director

Chance of a Lifetime
Chance of a Lifetime (1980)

Producer

1970s

10 titles Β· average score 85
Comedians
Comedians (1979)

Director

Waterloo Sunset
Waterloo Sunset (1979)

Director

Just a Boys' Game
Just a Boys' Game (1979)
GoodWatch score 85

Producer

Cries from a Watchtower
Cries from a Watchtower (1979)

Producer

Long Distance Information
Long Distance Information (1979)

Producer

Light
Light (1979)

Producer

Pillion
Pillion (1979)

Producer

Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly (1978)

Producer

One Bummer News Day
One Bummer News Day (1978)

Producer

Victims of Apartheid
Victims of Apartheid (1978)

Producer

1960s

2 titles
The Ha-Ha
The Ha-Ha (1969)

Writer

Londoners
Londoners (1965)

TV show Β· as Derek Crichton-Ross