---
name: "Trevor Nunn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/trevor-nunn"
fi1m_id: "trevor-nunn"
imdb_id: "nm0638080"
tmdb_id: 98750
wikidata_id: "Q1334509"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "14 January 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T00:50:33.050170+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."
---

# Trevor Nunn

## Identity

Trevor Nunn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/trevor-nunn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** trevor-nunn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0638080
- **TMDB ID:** 98750
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1334509
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Nunn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1334509, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638080/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/98750

Director and writer. Born 14 January 1940 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 14 January 1940, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
- **Active:** 1996–2019
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 directing, 1 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [David Parfitt](https://film.one/person/david-parfitt.md), Chris Hunt
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 70 (1), 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 42 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1, History 1, Romance 1, TV Movie 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $33m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Nunn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1334509, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638080/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/98750

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*King Lear*](https://film.one/film/king-lear.md) (78)
- **AMC+:** [*Red Joan*](https://film.one/film/red-joan.md) (45)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Trevor Nunn is an English theatre and film director. He was born on 14 January 1940 in Ipswich, Suffolk. After studying at Downing College, Cambridge, he began directing at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1964.

Nunn served as artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1968 to 1986 and of the Royal National Theatre from 1997 to 2003. He directed acclaimed stage productions of Shakespeare plays and musicals including *Cats* (1981) and *Les Misérables* (1985).

His film credits include *Lady Jane* (1986) and *Red Joan* (2018). He directed and wrote the screenplay for the 1996 film adaptation of *Twelfth Night*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

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

- *Red Joan* (2018), Fi1m 45, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/red-joan.md)
- *King Lear* (2008), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/king-lear.md)
- *Twelfth Night* (1996), Fi1m 70, Director, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/twelfth-night-1996.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *Cats* (2019), Fi1m 38, Lyricist — [page](https://film.one/film/cats.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Prisoner C33* (2022), Director
- *Pale Sister* (2021), Director
- *Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)* (2020), Director
- *Cats* (2019), Lyricist — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/cats.md)
- *Red Joan* (2018), Director — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/red-joan.md)
- *King Lear* (2008), Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/king-lear.md)
- *Acorn Antiques: The Musical* (2006), Director
- *National Theatre: My Fair Lady* (2005), Director
- *Mozart - Idomeneo* (2004), Director
- *The Merchant of Venice* (2001), Director
- *Oklahoma!* (1999), Stage Director, Director
- *Cats* (1998), Stage Director, Musical, Director
- *Twelfth Night* (1996), Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/twelfth-night-1996.md)
- *Porgy and Bess* (1993), Director, Adaptation
- *Othello* (1990), Director
- *Les Misérables: The Australia Day Concert* (1989), Director, Adaptation
- *Lady Jane* (1986), Director
- *Theatre Night* (1985), series, Director
- *Idomeneo* (1983), Director
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, Director
- *The Three Sisters* (1981), Director
- *Every Good Boy Deserves Favour* (1979), Director
- *Macbeth* (1979), Producer, Director
- *The Comedy of Errors* (1978), Writer
- *Hedda* (1975), Director, Adaptation
- *Antony and Cleopatra* (1975), Director
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, Adaptation, Director
- *Uncle Vanya*, Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won, 5 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical 2002: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play 1999: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical 1995: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical 1990: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical 1987: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (won), for *Les Misérables*
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical 1983: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (won)
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play 1983: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play 1982: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (won)

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

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/trevor-nunn