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Peter Sellars (Director)

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Filmmaker

The Resume

    (September 27, 1957- )
    Specializes in opera
    Directed ‘Così fan tutte,' ‘The Marriage of Figaro,' ‘Don Giovanni,' ‘Nixon in China,' ‘Theodora,' ‘Mathis der Maler,' ‘The Story of a Soldier,' ‘The Death of Klinghoffer,' ‘St. Françoise d'Assise' and ‘La Grand Macabre'
    Known for producing operas re-set in the contemporary world

Why he might be annoying:

    He is often confused with the late comedian Peter Sellers.
    He is pretentious in interviews.
    He is an outspoken liberal activist.
    Purists hate him for his oddball production of operas.
    He produced a version of Wagner's ‘Ring of the Nibelung' cycle with puppets.
    He looks like David Leisure with awful hair.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He tries to make opera accessible to modern audiences.
    He got a degree from Harvard and teaches at U.C.L.A.
    His avant-garde theater stagings got national attention even when he was in college.
    He became the director of Washington D.C.'s American National Theater at 26.
    He says his mentors are Alfred Hitchcock, Giuseppe Verdi and Vladimir Mayakovsky.
    He's known for hugging total strangers.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 46 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 64 Votes: 60.94% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 68 Votes: 72.06% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 64 Votes: 67.19% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 61 Votes: 57.38% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 60 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 127 Votes: 66.93% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 132 Votes: 59.85% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying