2009 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Direction Of A Musical'

Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot)
Theatre: Billy Elliot currently running in London at the Victoria Palace Theatre and in Sydney at the Capitol Theatre. For The Royal Court Theatre - A Number by Caryl Churchill; Far Away by Caryl Churchill (also at the Albery Theatre and New York Theatre Workshop); Via Dolorosa by David Hare (also at the Duchess Theatre and on Broadway); Rat in the Skull by Ron Hutchinson (Royal Court Classic Season); Body Talk; The Kitchen by Arnold Wesker; The Editing Process by Meredith Oakes; Search and Destroy by Howard Korder. For the National Theatre - An Inspector Calls (also West End, Broadway and worldwide); Machinal. For the Gate Theatre - Damned for Despair; The Fleisser Plays (with Annie Castledine); Figaro Gets Divorced. Many productions at Sheffield Crucible Theatre, where he started his career under the late Clare Veneable. Productions at Manchester Library Theatre, Liverpool Playhouse, Stratford East, Oxford Stage, Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Stephen was Artistic Director of The Royal Court Theatre from 1992-98 where he headed the £26 million re-development; the Gate Theatre (1989-92) and the Metro Theatre Company (1984-86). He is on the Board of the Young and Old Vic Theatres and remains an Associate Director of the Royal Court. Stephen was the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre for 2002 at St Catherine's College, Oxford. He has won many awards for his theatrical work both in the UK and the USA. Film and TV: Currently filming The Reader with Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes. The screenplay is written by David Hare based on a novel by Bernhard Schlink. Stephen has produced two "Omnibus" programmes for BBC2. His first feature film Billy Elliot won over 40 awards worldwide and received 3 Oscar nominations including Best Director. His second feature The Hours also won innumerable international awards including Best Picture at the Golden Globes and received nine Oscar and eleven BAFTA nominations.