Stephen Daldry Biography (1961?-)

Full name, Stephen David Daldry; born May 2, 1961 (some sources cite 1960), in Dorset, England; son of Patrick (a bank manager) and Cherry (a singer; maiden name, Thompson) Daldry; married Lucy Sexton (an actress), October 18, 2001; children: Annabel Clare. Addresses: Office: Film and Music Entertainment, 34 Bloomsbury St., London WC1B 3QJ, England.; Agent: Elizabeth Swofford, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: Hamilton Asper Management Ltd., 24 Hanway St., London W1P 9DD, England.

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Occupation
Director
Birth Details
May 2, 1961?
Dorset, United Kingdom

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Director
  • (And producer) Eight (short film), 1998
  • Billy Elliot (also known as Dancer), USA Films/Universal Focus, 2000
  • The Hours, Paramount, 2002
  • Stage Director
  • Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool,England, then Theatre Royale, Stratford, England, 1988
  • Judgement Day, Old Red Lion Theatre, London, 1989
  • Figaro Gets Divorced, Gate Theatre, London, 1990
  • Cutting Room, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, 1990
  • Our Man in Marzibah and Rousseau's Tale (double-bill), GateTheatre, 1991
  • Damned for Despair, Gate Theatre, 1991
  • (With Annie Castledine) Pioneers in Ingolstadt, Gate Theatre, 1991
  • (With Castledine) Purgatory in Ingolstadt, Gate Theatre, 1991
  • An Inspector Calls, National Theatre Company, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1992, then Royale Theatre, New York City, 1994-1995, later Garrick Theatre, London, 1995
  • Search and Destroy, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 1993
  • Machinal, National Theatre Company, Lyttelton Theatre, 1993
  • The Europeans, 1993
  • The Kitchen, Royal Court Theatre, 1994
  • The Editing Process, Royal Court Theatre, 1994
  • Rat in the Skull, Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1995
  • The Libertine, Royal Court Theatre, 1995
  • The Man of Mode, Royal Court Theatre, 1995
  • Body Talk, 1996
  • "This Is a Chair," in London International Festival of Theatre, London, 1997
  • Via Dolorosa (solo show), Royal Court Theatre, 1998, then Booth Theatre, New York City, 1999
  • Far Away, Royal Court Theatre, 2000, then New York Theatre Workshop, New York City, 2002-2003
  • A Number, Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court Theatre, 2002, then New York Theatre Workshop, 2002-2003
  • Director of The Fleisser Plays, National Theatre Company; also directed productions of Huckleberry Finn, Jerker, Manon Lescaut, and Of Mice and Men.
  • Stage Appearances
  • Guard, Prometheus in Evin, Mazdak Theatre Company, Young Vic Studio Theatre, London, 1988
  • Television Work
  • Specials
  • Coproducer, The "Billy Elliot" Boy (also known as Omnibus: TheBilly Elliot Boy), BBC (England), 2001
  • Television Appearances
  • Specials
  • The "Billy Elliot" Boy (also known as Omnibus: The Billy ElliotBoy), BBC (England), 2001
  • Bourne to Dance, Channel 4 (England), 2001
  • Miniseries
  • Changing Stages, PBS, 2001
  • RECORDINGS
  • Videos
  • Director (with others), Cinema 16, Momac Films, 2003

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Books
    • Lesser, Wendy, A Director Calls: Stephen Daldry and the Theatre, Faber & Faber, 1997
    Periodicals
    • Interview, November, 2000, p. 74
    • Talk, September, 2000, p. 54
    • Variety, June 16, 1997, p. 39

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