Nicholas Hytner

The Lady In The Van (2015)

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Nicholas Hytner

Stars: Maggie Smith | Dominic Cooper | Frances de la Tour | Alex Jennings | Gwen Taylor

National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2010)

National Theatre Live’s 2010 broadcast of Hamlet returns to cinemas as part of the National Theatre's 50th anniversary celebrations. Following his celebrated performances at the National Theatre in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger's Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet in a dynamic new production of Shakespeare’s complex and profound play about the human condition, ...

Directed by: Nicholas Hytner

Stars: David Calder | Rory Kinnear | Matthew Barker | Matthew Barker | Marcus Cunningham

Don Carlo (2010)

1886 version in 5 acts. Recorded live on 14 and 17 June and 3 July. Royal Opera House production of Verdi's 'Don Carlo'. The highlight of the 2007/8 season, this lavish production is staged by National Theatre director Nicholas Hytner, conducted by Antonio Pappano, and sees Rolando Villazon and Marina Poplavskaya performing the starring roles.

Directed by: Nicholas Hytner | Robin Lough

Stars: Rolando Villazón | Simon Keenlyside | Ferruccio Furlanetto | Marina Poplavskaya | Sonia Ganassi

Così fan tutte (2006)

Mozart's genius in setting to music da Ponte's comic play of love, infidelity and forgiveness marks COSI FAN TUTTE as one of the great works of art from the Age of Enlightenment. Nicholas Hytner's beautiful new production, with its sure touch and theatrical know-how, lives up to its promise to be "shockingly traditional" as Iván Fischer teases artful performances from an outstanding international cast ...

Runtime: 210 min.

Directed by: Nicholas Hytner | Francesca Kemp

Stars: Miah Persson | Anke Vondung | Topi Lehtipuu | Luca Pisaroni | Ainhoa Garmendia

The History Boys (2006)

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: Nicholas Hytner

Stars: Dominic Cooper | Samuel Barnett | Richard Griffiths | James Corden | Samuel Anderson

Center Stage (2000)

A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Nicholas Hytner

Stars: Zoe Saldana | Scottie Thompson | Peter Gallagher | Amanda Schull | Susan May Pratt

The Object of My Affection (1998)

A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.

Runtime: 111 min.

Directed by: Nicholas Hytner

Stars: Jennifer Aniston | Allison Janney | Alan Alda | Hayden Panettiere | Paul Rudd

The Crucible (1996)

The movie is centered around the Salem Massachusetts witch trials of 1692. The movie is based on the play "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. He also wrote the screen play adaptation.

Runtime: 124 min.

Directed by: Nicholas Hytner

Stars: Bruce Davison | Paul Scofield | Winona Ryder | Joan Allen | Daniel Day-Lewis

The Madness of King George (1994)

King George III's erratic behaviour leads to a plot in Parliament to have him declared insane and removed from the throne.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Nicholas Hytner

Stars: Ian Holm | Helen Mirren | Rupert Graves | Nigel Hawthorne | Amanda Donohoe