Phyllida Christian Lloyd,CBE(born 17 June 1957) is an English film and theatre director and producer.[4][5][6]
Phyllida Lloyd | |
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| Born | Phyllida Christian Lloyd[1] 17 June 1957 |
| Occupation(s) | Film and theatre director |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Notable work | Mamma Mia |
Her theatre work includes directing productions at the Royal Court Theatre and Royal National Theatre, and opera director for Opera North and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.[7]Her adaptation of three Shakespeare plays (Julius Caesar, Henry IV and The Tempest) received acclaim from critics, withThe Guardiancalling it "one of the most important theatrical events of the past 20 years".[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
She is best known for directingMamma Mia!(2008) andThe Iron Lady(2011). Films she has directed have won 2Academy Awards,[15]and have won and been nominated for numerous other awards. She has been nominated for aBAFTA Award,[16]aEuropean Film Award,[17]2Tony Awards.
Life and career
editLloyd was born and raised inNempnett Thrubwell,Somerset,south ofBristol.[18]After graduating from the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts atBirmingham Universityin 1979 (BA, English), she spent five years working in BBC Television Drama. In 1985 she was awarded anArts Council of Great Britainbursary to be Trainee Director at theWolsey Theatre, Ipswich.The following year she was appointed Associate Director at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, then in 1989 Associate Director of theBristol Old Vic,where her production ofThe Comedy of Errorswas a success.[19]
She moved on to theRoyal Exchange Theatre,Manchester where she directedThe Winter's Tale,The School for Scandal,Medea,and an acclaimed production ofDeath and the King's HorsemanbyWole Soyinka.[20]In 1991 she made her debut at theRoyal Shakespeare Companywith a well-received production of a little-known play byThomas Shadwell,The Virtuoso.Although she followed this in 1992 with a successful production of the rarely seenArtists and AdmirersbyAlexander Ostrovsky,she has, as of 2007, never returned to the RSC.
Also in 1992 came her first commercial success: herRoyal Court Theatreproduction ofJohn Guare'sSix Degrees of Separationtransferred to the West End. In 1994 she made her debut atRoyal National Theatrewith a production ofPericleswhich divided the critics.[21]There was general praise, however, for her productions ofHysteriabyTerry Johnsonat theRoyal CourtandBertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill'sThe Threepenny Operaat the Donmar Warehouse.
By this time, Lloyd's work had come to the attention of Nicholas Payne, then runningOpera North.For her debut as an opera director he steered her to what was, at least in the UK, an obscurity –L'EtoilebyChabrier.The production was a great success, setting Lloyd on a significant and award-winning career as an opera director. Productions since then includeLa Boheme,Gloriana,Cherubini'sMedea,Albert HerringandPeter Grimesfor Opera North;Dialogues of the CarmelitesforEnglish National Opera/Welsh National Opera;Verdi'sMacbeth(for theBastille Operaand theRoyal Opera HouseCovent Garden); the premiere ofPoul Ruders' operaThe Handmaid's Tale(from the novel byMargaret Atwood); and a controversialRing cycleforENO.For Gloriana A Film She received an InternationalEmmyand aFIPA d'Or.Her productions have won theRoyal Philharmonic SocietyAward in 1991 (Gloriana) 2000 (The Carmelites) and 2007 (Peter Grimes).
In spite of the mixed reception accorded to her first production at the National Theatre, Lloyd nonetheless returned to direct productions ofThe Way of the World,Pericles,What the Butler Saw,The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieandThe Duchess of Malfi,which were well received. She directed an award-winning production ofBoston Marriageat London'sDonmar Warehousein 2001. Other recent work includesFriedrich Schiller'sMary Stuartnewly adapted by poetPeter Oswald,which ran at theDonmar Warehouse,London, and was transferred to theApollo Theatre,London, and then to theBroadwayin spring 2009.
In 1999, Lloyd was offered the chance to direct theABBAmusicalMamma Mia!,which became a hit, not only in the West End and on Broadway, but worldwide. She directed the2008 cinematic adaptation,which marked herfeaturedebut. By the end of 2008, the film had been certified as the biggest grossing film at the UK box office ever.[22]It was also certified as the UK's biggest-selling DVD.[23]She was nominated as Best Director of a Play in the 2009Tony Awardsfor her production ofMary Stuart.In 2013 Lloyd directedCush Jumboin a one-woman show aboutJosephine Bakerat the Bush Theatre and subsequently at Joe's Pub in New York. Between 2012 and 2017 she directed the Donmar Warehouse Trilogy in London and New York.Harriet Walterplayed Brutus inJulius Caesar,the title role inHenry IVand Prospero inThe Tempestin a single day.Susannah ClappinThe Guardiandescribed the Trilogy as "one of the most important theatrical events of the last twenty years".[8]
Lloyd directedThe Iron Lady,a biopic of former British Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher,withMeryl Streepas Thatcher. The film entered production in January 2011 and was released in December of that year. Meryl Streep won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Thatcher.[15][24]Lloyd's filmHerselfwritten by Clare Dunne and Malcolm Campbell and starring Clare Dunne premiered at The 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Gloriana | TV movie | |
| 2008 | Mamma Mia! | [25][26] | |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | [15][17][27] | |
| 2020 | Herself | Also executive producer | [28][29] |
Honours
editOxford Universitynamed Phyllida Lloyd the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre in 2006,[30][31][32]the same year she was awarded an honorary degree byBristol University.[33]She was named one of the 101 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain byThe Independentnewspaper in 2008;[34]and in 2010 was ranked 22nd (dropping from 7th the previous year) in the same list.[35]Lloyd was appointedCommander of the Order of the British Empire(CBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.[36]DLitt, Honorary Degree, 2009 Birmingham University.[37]
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Tony Award | Best Direction of a Musical | Tina - The Tina Turner Musical | Nominated | [38][39] |
| 2012 | European Film Awards | Audience Award | The Iron Lady | Nominated | [17] |
| 2009 | British Academy Film Awards | Outstanding British Film | Mamma Mia! | Nominated | [16] |
| 2009 | Tony Award | Best Direction of a Play | Mary Stuart | Nominated | [40][41] |
Actions
editOn 16 August 2018, Lloyd condemned the destruction of the Said al-Mishal Cultural Centre in an Israeli airstrike onGazafive days earlier.[42][43]
See also
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References
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- ^Catherine Shoard"Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher revealed in first still from The Iron Lady",The Guardian,8 February 2011
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- ^"Honorary Graduates".University of Bristol.31 July 2006.Retrieved20 April2008.
- ^Tuck, Andrew (2 July 2006)."Gay Power: The pink list".The Independent.London:Independent News & Media.Archived fromthe originalon 7 January 2008.Retrieved20 April2008.
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