Professor Peter Sellars

Peter is one of the leading theatre, opera and television directors in the world today, having directed more than 100 productions, large and small, across America and abroad. A graduate of Harvard University, he studied in Japan, China, and India before becoming artistic director of The Boston Shakespeare Company. At 26 he was made Director of the American National Theatre. He is a recipient of the Marcarthur Prize Fellowship and the Erasmus Prixe for contributions to European culture. He was Artistic Director of the 1990 and 1993 Los Angeles Festivals and is a Professor of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA. Peter is the original Artistic Director for the 2002 Adelaide Festival of Arts.