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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