---
name: "Jonathan Kent"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jonathan-kent"
fi1m_id: "jonathan-kent"
imdb_id: "nm0448780"
tmdb_id: 1164321
wikidata_id: "Q6273554"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "19 June 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T07:47:06.357645+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jonathan Kent

## Identity

Jonathan Kent

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jonathan-kent
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jonathan-kent
- **IMDb ID:** nm0448780
- **TMDB ID:** 1164321
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6273554
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Kent_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6273554, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1164321

Director. Born 19 June 1949 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 19 June 1949, Lewisham, London, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Kent_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6273554, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1164321

## Biography

Jonathan Kent is an English theatre and opera director. He was joint artistic director of the Almeida Theatre with Ian McDiarmid from 1990 to 2002, during which the venue became a major producing house with many productions transferring to the West End and Broadway.

Kent directed two episodes of the 2020 BBC series *Alan Bennett's Talking Heads*. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2016 for services to the performing arts. His other work includes productions at the National Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre, and opera houses including the Royal Opera House and Glyndebourne.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, unitedagents.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Alan Bennett's Talking Heads* (2020), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/alan-bennetts-talking-heads.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Long Day's Journey into Night* (2026), Director
- *Alan Bennett's Talking Heads* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/alan-bennetts-talking-heads.md)
- *Royal Opera House: Tosca* (2018), Director
- *National Theatre Live: The Seagull* (2016), Director
- *Manon Lescaut* (2016), Director, Conductor
- *Gypsy* (2015), Director, Stage Director
- *Manon Lescaut  - Royal Opera House* (2015), Director, Stage Director
- *Manon Lescaut* (2014), Director, Stage Director
- *Private Lives* (2013), Stage Director
- *Die Frau ohne Schatten* (2013), Director
- *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street* (2012), Director
- *The Turn of the Screw* (2011), Director
- *Royal Opera House: Tosca* (2011), Director
- *Mozart's Don Giovanni - Glyndebourne Festival 2010* (2010), Director
- *Purcell: The Fairy Queen* (2009), Stage Director
- *Love's Labour's Lost* (1985), as Ferdinand, King of Navarre
- *Baal* (1982), as Eckart
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as Mercer
- *Carpathian Eagle* (1980), as Tadek
- *Hammer House of Horror* (1980), series, as Tader
- *The BBC Television Shakespeare* (1978), series, as Ferdinand, King of Navarre

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play 2016: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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