---
name: "Richard Eyre"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-eyre"
fi1m_id: "richard-eyre"
imdb_id: "nm0264236"
tmdb_id: 36693
wikidata_id: "Q657354"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "28 March 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T16:25:16.429687+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."
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# Richard Eyre

## Identity

Richard Eyre

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-eyre
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-eyre
- **IMDb ID:** nm0264236
- **TMDB ID:** 36693
- **Wikidata ID:** Q657354
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Eyre, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q657354, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264236/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36693

Director and writer. Born 28 March 1943 in Barnstaple, Devon, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 28 March 1943, Barnstaple, Devon, England
- **Active:** 1970–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 directing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Bennett](https://film.one/person/alan-bennett.md), [Charles Wood](https://film.one/person/charles-wood-444552.md), [Kenith Trodd](https://film.one/person/kenith-trodd.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 79 (2), 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 50 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $50m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Eyre, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q657354, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264236/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36693

## Biography

Sir Richard Eyre is an English director of film, theatre, television and opera. He was born on 28 March 1943 in Barnstaple, Devon. He began his career as associate director at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh and later served as artistic director of the Royal National Theatre from 1987 to 1997.

Eyre made his feature film debut with *The Ploughman's Lunch* (1983). His subsequent films include *Iris* (2001), *Stage Beauty* (2004), *Notes on a Scandal* (2006), *The Other Man* (2008), *The Children Act* (2017) and *Allelujah* (2022). He has also directed television productions such as *King Lear* (2018) and *The Dresser* (2015).

He received the CBE in 1992 and was knighted in 1997. Eyre has won three Laurence Olivier Awards for theatre direction.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Directed (3) — the average rests on these

- *Allelujah* (2023), Fi1m 50, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/allelujah.md)
- *The Hollow Crown* (2012), Fi1m 82, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-hollow-crown.md)
- *Notes on a Scandal* (2006), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-a-scandal.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Atonement* (2007), Fi1m 83, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md)

## Complete filmography (66)

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

- *Royal Ballet & Opera 2025/26: La Traviata* (2026), Director
- *The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro* (2025), Director
- *Allelujah* (2023), Director — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/allelujah.md)
- *La Traviata - ROH* (2022), Director
- *The Metropolitan Opera: Carmen* (2019), Director, Production Design
- *Royal Opera House: La Traviata* (2019), Stage Director, Director
- *The Children Act* (2018), Director
- *King Lear* (2018), Writer, Director
- *Manon Lescaut - Metropolitan Opera* (2016), Producer, Director, Production Design, Stage Director
- *The ROH Live: La Traviata* (2016), Director
- *The Dresser* (2015), Director
- *Bizet: Carmen* (2014), Director, Production Design
- *The Metropolitan Opera: The Marriage of Figaro* (2014), Producer
- *Ghosts* (2014), Director, Adaptation
- *The Metropolitan Opera: Werther* (2014), Stage Director, Director
- *The Hollow Crown* (2012), series, Director, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-hollow-crown.md)
- *Bizet: Carmen* (2010), Producer
- *10 Minute Tales* (2009), series, Director
- *Royal Opera House: La Traviata* (2009), Director
- *The Other Man* (2008), Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Atonement* (2007), Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md)
- *Notes on a Scandal* (2006), Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-a-scandal.md)
- *Løven - Henrik Ibsen* (2006), Actor
- *Stage Beauty* (2004), Director, Executive Producer
- *Vincent in Brixton* (2003), Director
- *Iris* (2001), Screenplay, Director
- *La Traviata* (2001), Stage Director
- *Rockaby* (2000), Director
- *King Lear* (1998), Director
- *Richard III* (1995), Theatre Play, Author
- *The Absence of War* (1995), Director
- *Suddenly, Last Summer* (1993), Director
- *Performance* (1991), series, Director
- *Tumbledown* (1988), Director
- *V.* (1987), Director
- *Past Caring* (1986), Director
- *Sunday Premiere* (1986), series, Director
- *The Insurance Man* (1986), Director
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, Director
- *Laughterhouse* (1984), Director
- *Loose Connections* (1984), Director
- *The Ploughman's Lunch* (1983), Director
- *Country* (1981), Director
- *The Cherry Orchard* (1981), Director
- *The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice* (1980), Producer
- *The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something* (1980), Producer
- *Pasmore* (1980), Director, Writer
- *The Imitation Game* (1980), Director
- *Murder Rap* (1980), Producer
- *Chance of a Lifetime* (1980), Producer
- *Just a Boys' Game* (1979), Producer
- *Comedians* (1979), Director
- *Cries from a Watchtower* (1979), Producer
- *Long Distance Information* (1979), Producer
- *Light* (1979), Producer
- *Waterloo Sunset* (1979), Director
- *Pillion* (1979), Producer
- *One Bummer News Day* (1978), Producer
- *Soldiers Talking, Cleanly* (1978), Producer
- *Victims of Apartheid* (1978), Producer
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Director, Writer
- *The Ha-Ha* (1969), Writer
- *Londoners* (1965), series, as Derek Crichton-Ross
- *The Housekeeper*, Director
- *The Metropolitan Opera: Le Nozze di Figaro*, Director
- *Puccini's Manon Lescaut*, Stage Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 2 nominated

- Companion of Honour 2017: Companion of Honour (won)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 2011: Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (won)
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play 2002: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play 1997: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (nominated)

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

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